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Shareholders 'should use muscle to force Brooks out'

07.07.11
Major shareholders in Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation are urged to take a stand against the company over phone hacking allegations... more

I've been thrown to the lions, sobs model in soccer star gagging row

27.04.11
The former Big Brother star at the centre of a media gagging storm broke down in tears today as she told how the ordeal had left her life 'in pieces'... more

Time for apologies is over, says Barclays' Bob Diamond

11.01.11
Barclays boss Bob Diamond clashes with MPs as he declares that banks should no longer have to apologise for Britain’s economic crisis... more

Over-the-top City parties are stupid, says RBS boss Stephen Hester

08.12.10
City chief has condemned bankers throwing raucous parties to celebrate big financial gains... more

Mervyn King faces call to quit over stinging assessment of David Cameron

01.12.10
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King faces a call to resign after his private criticism of David Cameron and George Osborne is made public by the website WikiLeaks... more

Families with children to lose £3,500 a year

26.11.10
Couples with children in London will see their annual income fall by nearly £3,500 under tax and benefit changes, leading economists warn... more

Internet banking ‘less safe’, says police chief

19.11.10
Internet banking is less safe than having a traditional account, says one of Britain’s leading anti-fraud police officers... more

BAE letter 'was gun to head of ministers' over aircraft carriers deal

04.11.10
Bombshell letter revealing why David Cameron agreed to the building of two aircraft carriers was published... more

City Spy: Double ouch as economists snipe

28.10.10
When it comes to crunching the numbers around tax and spend, the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies says it does the same job as the Treasury but 'more comprehensively and more accurately'... more

City Spy: Expenses MPs turn to lobbying...

01.10.10
One intriguing question ahead of the Tory party conference is whether that winsome couple Andrew MacKay and Julie Kirkbride will attend... more

Goldman Sachs boss: banks need reform not break-up

22.02.10
Goldman Sachs managing director hits back at moves to break up banks, warning that botched reforms could make the financial sector more “accident prone”... more

Mervyn King: Pay bankers the same as doctors

26.01.10
Bankers' bumper salaries should be slashed to levels similar to those of other professionals, according to the Bank of England Governor... more

'Lehman Sisters' would crash too, says top adviser

03.11.09
Gordon Brown's independent adviser on the City today rejected Harriet Harman's claim that the financial crisis would not have happened if women had been in charge of banks.... more

Growth is back but we need to be careful, says Bank chief

15.09.09
Bank of England chief Mervyn King said the economy had begun to pick up in recent months... more

Financial regulation: the Governor’s role

25.06.09
The Governor of the Bank of England made clear that he had not been fully consulted about the Government’s proposals for regulatory reform of the financial sector ... more

Lloyds boss 'won't take bonus'

11.02.09
Lloyds chief executive Eric Daniels said that he will not take a bonus for last year, a move that will pile pressure on senior staff at other banks to follow suit... more

UK should heed Obama on bonuses

05.02.09
President Obama has imposed pay restrictions on bank bosses whose firms are being bailed out by the US taxpayer. His explanation will resonate here...... more

Barclays shares tumble, pressure to nationalise Lloyds and RBS grows

21.01.09
Shares in banking giant Barclays took a fresh pummelling as investors continued to fret over the outlook for the beleaguered industry... more

New blow for Brown as bishop hits out at cult of financial boom

29.12.08
Gordon Brown suffered a fresh blow after the Bishop of London warned that people were wrong to have "invested their hopes" in never-ending economic growth... more

‘Warning shot’ fired at banks refusing to lend

21.11.08
Banks facing fury from ministers over their refusal to boost lending were warned to act before the “lid is blown off”... more

No10 refuses to rule out banks takeover

21.11.08
The Prime Minister dramatically upped the stakes in the battle to make banks boost lending by refusing to rule out full-scale nationalisation... more

Brown is accused of ‘going into hiding’

24.10.08
Gordon Brown was accused of staging a vanishing act as official figures confirmed the economy is diving into a recession... more

PM ally tells Darling to 'sort it out' at Treasury

26.06.08
Fresh questions about the political future of Chancellor Alistair Darling surfaced after a senior Labour MP criticised the Treasury for lacking leadership... more


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