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Landsbanki Islands hf RSS feed£7 million job with RBS — no worries
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The recruitment by Royal Bank of Scotland of bond trader Antonio Polverino from Merrill Lynch has sent City eyebrows skywards — and not just because RBS, which is 70%-owned by the taxpayer, is rewarding him so handsomely2009-08-19T05:54:59ZVeteran Hornbrook out after Chelsea’s troubles
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Chelsea Building Society, which suffered a £55 million exposure to the failed Icelandic banks Kaupthing and Landsbanki, announced the departure of its chief executive without naming a replacement2009-08-07T12:43:28ZStill counting UK's cost of Icelandic meltdown
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A hint of calm, but certainly not normality, is returning to the busted Nordic economy thanks to the International Monetary Fund's $10 billion bailout. But for many UK investors the story isn't over2009-05-08T11:33:15ZThe Met is still out of control - sort it, Boris
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In 25 years as a journalist, I have never come across a scandal like the Metropolitan Police losing £30 million of Londoners' money in the Icelandic banking collapse2009-04-07T08:14:08ZYard lost £30m after warning to pull out of Icelandic bank
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Scotland Yard lost £30million by investing in a flawed Icelandic bank weeks after its financial adviser urged it to pull out2009-04-06T08:51:48ZSinger to bring Teathers staff in from cold after double blow
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Staff have dubbed it “the post-Icelandic support group”. Employees at Mayfair stockbroker Teathers, who have taken a double hit from Iceland’s banking meltdown, are on the verge of getting a new employer: Singer Capital Markets, itself rescued from that country’s chill2009-03-19T09:27:30ZIcelandic saga takes a new twist for staff of Teathers
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Staff have dubbed it "the post-Icelandic support group". Employees at Mayfair stockbroker Teathers, who have taken a double hit from Iceland's banking meltdown, are on the verge of getting a new employer - Singer Capital Markets, itself rescued from the country's chill2009-03-19T13:59:08ZTeathers at risk after Iceland bank caves in
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The future of stockbroker Teathers has been thrown into doubt after the nationalisation of its Icelandic owner, Straumur-Burduras2009-03-09T14:34:45ZBaugur passes reins to the administrator
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<strong>Retail: </strong>Any last hope Jon Asgeir Johannesson could retain some control over his retail empire died when Baugur was formally placed into administration2009-02-06T15:02:17ZHamleys Icelandic investor seeks protection as bank talks fail
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<strong>Retail: </strong> Icelandic holding company Baugur, which has major retail interests in Britain including stakes in House of Fraser and Hamleys has applied for court protection after restructuring talks with its lenders failed2009-02-04T11:52:32ZING posts its first-ever loss
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<strong>Banking:</strong> Dutch banking giant ING today reported the first loss since it was formed in 1991, in what was another dismal day for continental financial services firms2008-11-12T11:16:46ZCouncillors fly to Iceland to recover lost millions
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Barnet council officials are flying to Iceland in an attempt to recover £30 million tied up in the country's failed banks2008-11-11T09:21:01ZOxford University has £30m stuck in Iceland
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The full scale of the Iceland bank crash's impact on British institutions is emerging2008-10-16T08:30:53ZIceland savers get interim 30p in £1
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2008-10-16T15:38:27ZUK loans Iceland £100m to help get our cash back
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Alistair Darling has announced moves to allow savers in stricken banks in Iceland to get their money back2008-10-13T15:27:38ZWest Ham owner ready to consider sale
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West Ham owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is considering selling the club after the economic meltdown in Iceland wiped an estimated £230million off his personal fortune, and left him facing the possibility of even bigger losses2008-10-10T08:12:30ZSo much for independence of the Bank
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So is this the end of the independence of the Bank of England?2008-10-09T10:29:34ZGovernment refuses to rescue councils caught in Iceland bank collapse
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London authorities will not be reimbursed for the loss of £200 million of taxpayers' cash in the collapse of Iceland's Landsbanki, say Treasury sources2008-10-09T09:08:37ZLondon councils suffer from Iceland banking crash
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London town halls face raising council taxes and cutting spending in the wake of the Icelandic banking crash2008-10-09T08:52:22ZDarling blamed as Iceland’s bank troubles spiral
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Iceland turns on Britain’s Chancellor Alistair Darling as a third bank is nationalised2008-10-09T08:06:51ZHammers safe, says Icelandic chairman
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West Ham owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson insists the club's finances are secure, despite Iceland's second-largest bank going into administration2008-10-08T08:46:57ZWest Ham chief hit by cash blow
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West Ham insist it is business as usual after the bank controlled by the club's chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson went into receivership2008-10-07T13:14:41Z200,000 UK savers hit by bank crash
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More than 200,000 British savers face a fight for their money after a bank collapsed2008-10-07T08:22:36ZIceland seeks £3bn from Russia to rescue banks
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The Icelandic authorities go cap in hand to Russia for emergency funding after they were forced to bail out two of the island’s largest banks2008-10-07T13:34:26ZIceland freezes all bank share trades
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<strong>Banking:</strong> Trading in the shares of all Iceland’s banks and financial institutions was suspended on the Nordic Exchange ahead of a long-awaited bailout plan from the government2008-10-06T08:26:55ZWalker shrugs off the crunch
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<b>Consumer: </b>Upmarket wallpaper and fabrics maker Walker Greenbank is thriving despite the crunch2008-10-02T12:30:20ZIceland banks blow after Glitnir move
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A host of Icelandic banks were hit by ratings downgrades following the nationalisation of the country's third-biggest bank Glitnir2008-09-30T15:23:02ZWest Ham’s owner ‘pulled plug on XL’
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<strong>Travel: </strong>The Icelandic banking magnate who led the £98million acquisition of West Ham United two years ago is set to bear the brunt of the collapse of XL Leisure, the airline and tour operator2008-09-12T08:44:36ZLandsbanki irony as rivals’ shares soar
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With shares in Thomson holiday group TUI Travel and in Thomas Cook soaring on the back of the failure of their smaller rival XL, the irony of one particular share recommendation for the companies appeared to be lost on many in the City2008-09-12T12:38:13ZMarket report: Gloomy brokers add to the pub chains’ misery
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The lack of spare cash in drinkers’ pockets appears to be having a detrimental effect on the UK’s big pub chains, judging by the collapse in their share prices this year.2008-08-29T08:38:49Z