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John Thain RSS feedLib-Dem mansion tax is such a mess
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Have the Lib Dems thought through their plan to tax houses over £1 million? They “might find the definition of a house less than clear-cut”...2009-09-24T07:47:01ZDon’t bet on Darling in pay battle with bankers
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SO, Alistair Darling wants bankers not to pay themselves big bonuses this side of the election, does he?2009-09-22T05:55:08ZIt may hurt, but oil price is now about right for us all
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23702352-it-may-hurt-but-oil-price-is-now-about-right-for-us-all.do
SOME would have it that the recent rise in the oil price is evidence of optimism - a sign that the global economy is getting stronger and that the prospects of recession turning into depression have dimmed.2009-06-02T06:53:09ZUS is right to order banks to reveal bonuses
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23655937-us-is-right-to-order-banks-to-reveal-bonuses.do
2009-03-02T08:48:29ZThain told to reveal Merrill bonus details
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<b>Banking: </b> Former Merrill Lynch chief executive John Thain will hand over names of staff who were paid $3.6 billion in bonuses just before the firm merged with Bank of America2009-02-24T09:17:18ZBambi's back, but the rifles are loaded
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Watching the new US Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, announce his quackish remedy for our financial ailments this week, another politician came to mind. The Bambi stare, the disembodied grin. It was Tony Blair all over again. And Wall Street hated it, sending the Dow plummeting in response to his ideas.2009-02-12T08:25:06ZBoss says: That is snow excuse to miss work
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TIMES are tough at Merton council. It’s ordered council employees who weren’t able to make it into work because of the snow, to account for the time from their annual leave.2009-02-05T13:06:03ZRoll up for the supermarket voucher war
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2009-01-29T10:16:33ZText tussle of the retail rivals
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2009-01-28T10:01:25ZHow the Herd thundered into a rubbish bin
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Is Merrill Lynch the worst company in history? Competition for the title is tough, but any study would have to give weight to the claims of the self-styled “world’s biggest stockbroker”2009-01-27T08:29:45ZHold the Krug as Davos hosts last hurrah for money men
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<strong>Economics: </strong> As the world’s richest and most powerful executives fly out to the luxury Alpine resort of Davos, the hotels and restaurants hosting their glittering parties and dinners are braced for chill economic winds2009-01-27T09:31:36ZLinklaters gets tough as City downturn hits
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2009-01-26T13:06:22ZCloud-cuckoo-land on Wall Street
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2009-01-26T09:26:35ZJust don’t tell us what your manicure costs
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"What recession?" shouted the front page of the New York Post last week, beside a picture of a blonde Swedish countess, Marie Douglas-David2008-12-22T10:51:22ZMore US bank chiefs give up bonuses as Thain's plea fails
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<strong>Banking:</strong> Banking executives at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch have become the latest senior bankers to give up their bonuses this year as the global financial crisis bites2008-12-09T09:49:59ZTroubled waters ahead for these offshore havens
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A few years ago, to escape the tyranny of a different newspaper, I moved to the Cayman Islands - the hedge fund capital of the world2008-12-09T11:14:00ZJust the start as Merrill cuts 500 jobs in trading division
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23575648-just-the-start-as-merrill-cuts-500-jobs-in-trading-division.do
Investment bank Merrill Lynch, which has accepted a takeover offer from Bank of America, is set to wield the axe in its trading division, with some 500 jobs said to be on the line2008-10-21T09:05:26ZThousands more jobs to go at Merrill
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23575420-thousands-more-jobs-to-go-at-merrill.do
Merrill Lynch will count job losses in the thousands in the coming months, its chief executive admits2008-10-20T15:09:18ZCitigroup cut 11,000 jobs in past 3 months
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<b>Banking: </b>The carnage in the banking sector continued when Wall Street giant Citigroup said it had slashed 11,000 jobs in the past three months2008-10-16T13:36:08ZBoA hands ex-Merrill chief Thain a top role
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<b>Banking: </b>Bank of America has made John Thain - who as Merrill Lynch chief engineered the firm's sale - head of investment banking, securities and wealth management at the new company2008-10-03T10:05:21ZTop pair at Merrill Lynch could pick up £26 million
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<strong>Banking:</strong> Merrill Lynch chief executive John Thain and his head of trading could pocket $47 million (£26.1 million) if they leave the bank, or take lesser roles under Bank of America ownership2008-09-16T09:36:21ZHold on to your hats, rough ride has just started
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Chancellor Alistair Darling says we are in the biggest financial crisis in 60 years. So we obviously have much worse to come than yesterday's 4.5% retreat on the FTSE 1002008-09-16T08:46:10ZLehman's collapse rattles the really rich
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The phone has rung off the hook all weekend. “Are you OK?” I've asked friends whose husbands have been at Lehman Brothers. No, of course they are not2008-09-15T09:02:39ZDoubts on Merrill’s prospects of selling its bad loans
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23550947-doubts-on-merrills-prospects-of-selling-its-bad-loans.do
<strong>Banking:</strong> Doubts are growing over Merrill Lynch’s prospects for selling its bad loans, with Korea Asset Management (KAM) saying talks are faltering because of a disagreement over price2008-09-04T08:01:55ZOnce bitten, twice shy for the banks’ wealth fund backers
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There's a Chinese proverb along the lines of “a fall into a ditch makes you wiser”. Ho Ching, chief executive at Singapore's giant sovereign wealth fund Temasek will know it well. But has she acted on it?2008-08-28T11:30:41ZMerrill freeze on hiring staff after huge writedowns
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23533042-merrill-freeze-on-hiring-staff-after-huge-writedowns.do
Investment bank Merrill Lynch have declared a total hiring freeze until the end of the year as it licks its wounds after billions of dollars in writedowns2008-08-15T08:08:52ZI'm worth it says trader given £156m bonus just to stay at hedge fund
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A Wall Street trader has received what is believed to be the largest bonus of all time - a $300million (£156 million) gift to keep him working for a leading hedge fund2008-08-12T08:19:46ZMerrill may have to raise capital
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Bank's chief executive says his comment about being "adequately capitalised" was misunderstood2008-08-05T12:12:53ZTop trading duo quitting Merrill
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23483128-top-trading-duo-quitting-merrill.do
Merrill Lynch is losing the head of one of its most profitable trading groups as well as his deputy as chief executive John Thain cuts back the firm's investment in hedge funds2008-05-08T10:35:09ZMerrill Lynch set to cut 10% of its worldwide workforce
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Merrill Lynch says it will slash 4000 jobs around the world2008-04-17T14:18:32Z