What's better, being a shareholder in Lloyds or a customer who bought PPI? Well, until today there wasn't much to choose - either way, you were out of pocket... more
As the great Pete Seeger asked in his classic anti-war song Where have All the Flowers Gone: "When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?"... more
Welcome back to Ron Beller. The former Goldman Sachs partner who went on to found the London-based hedge fund manager, Peloton Partners in 2005 is returning to the market with a new fund... more
Comment: Yell is as much a part of history as the Grand Old Duke of York - who chooses to look up a local business on Yell.com when it can be found just as easily on Google?... more
Shareholders in part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group support pay and bonus proposals put forward by the board despite widespread anger from small investors... more
Lloyds Banking Group returns to profit in the first three months of the year and says it is on course to do much better than expected for the rest of 2010... more
City Comment: It seems highly likely Chancellor Alistair Darling in his Budget speech on Wednesday will report that Royal Bank of Scotland is showing signs of progress... more
Eric Daniels, chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group, delights the bank’s three million shareholders with a prediction that it will make a profit this year... more
City Editor's Comment: The idea of a 0.05% tax on banks has been gathering pace for weeks. But now Robin Hood could be about to make an appearance in the general election... more
Commentary: Lloyds Banking Group boss Eric Daniels is in a positively benign mood - he does not sound like a man who has forgone a £2.3 million bonus... more
Bookie Paddy Power normally runs a fun bet titled Premier League Sack Race on top-flight managers losing their jobs. Sadly, it doesn't offer odds on the same thing but for major chief executives...... more
The head of Lloyds TSB has told staff they will get their bonuses this year despite Gordon Brown's promise to crack down on vast rewards at bailed-out banks... more
WHEN Lloyds TSB announced it was taking over HBOS to create a superbank a few weeks ago, there were high-fives all round. Eric Daniels, Lloyds' American chief executive, was ecstatic. Roll forward to this week and he is reduced to putting a brave face on a deal that no longer looks anything as attractive.... more
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King turned down £100,000-a-year pay rise when he was reappointed for a second term a few months ago because he thought such an increase would be inappropriate.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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