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20.11.09
Fund management giant Gartmore is to list on the Stock Exchange, firing the starting gun on what is expected to be several major flotations in London in the next 12 months... more

This economic earthquake isn't nearly over yet

11.09.09
The collapse of Lehman Brothers, a year ago next week, symbolised the global financial crisis. But did it cause it?... more

City Spy: Shockwaves due from Bear Stearns

27.07.09
Eyebrows were raised when Prince Andrew's one-time friend, billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, was released six months early from his 18-month prison sentence in Florida for procuring underage girls ... more

The unheeded warnings of 2008

31.12.08
For most of this year, the population at large thought economic prospects were rosy, and suddenly, almost overnight, it all changed... more

Home loans dive at Bear Stearns

24.10.08
Bear Stearns' mortgage portfolio has fallen 9% in value in the third quarter, leaving a bill of $2 billion to be picked up by the US taxpayer... more

The beginning of the end says the City’s top player

09.10.08
After yesterday’s £500 billion bail out to the banks, Michael Spencer, the richest self-made man in the Square Mile talks exclusively to the Standard about who’s to blame... more

Short-selling probe targets hedge funds

15.07.08
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has sent subpoenas to more than 50 hedge-fund advisers as part of its investigation into whether individuals spread false rumours to manipulate shares of two Wall Street firms... more

Jail term call on short sellers

08.07.08
JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon wants regulators to probe crash of Wall Street bank Bear Stearns... more

4000 JPM jobs at risk as Bear staff are invited aboard

14.05.08
JPMorgan Chase could cut as many as 4000 of its own employees worldwide to accommodate an intake from failed rival Bear Stearns... more

Global toll rises to 47,000 as more London jobs lost

25.04.08
The worldwide bloodletting of finance jobs has hit 47,000, with Mizuho Financial the latest to wield the axe in London... more

Bear Stearns in SEC line of fire as its profits plunge

15.04.08
Bear Stearns reveals it is facing civil charges by the US Securities and Exchange Commission... more

Rate plea as home price growth hits 12-year low

28.03.08
House-price growth slumps to its lowest for 12 years amid calls for interest rate cut... more

Bear Stearns proves bank CEOs don't have a clue about credit crunch crisis

27.03.08
Across Wall Street, CEOs don't know what their firms are doing... more

Bear bids to stop client poaching by former staff

27.03.08
Bear Stearns is seeking an injunction to stop five former employees using its client lists... more

Wall St fallout hits Manhattan offices

26.03.08
Estate agents warn that another shock from Wall Street could send rents into a tailspin... more

Footsie on climb as fears ease over crisis

25.03.08
Stock markets around the world rally amid hopes the financial crisis is bottoming out... more

Greenspan the bubble king can't stop blowing

20.03.08
There's nothing quite like the misfortunes of others to cheer us up... more

City jobs cull to get worse as the credit crunch victim list grows

20.03.08
Everyone knows what is coming next across the City - job cuts... more

Shares bouncing back after big rate cut by US

19.03.08
Stock markets around the world continued to rally after the US Federal Reserve's aggressive cut in interest rates ... more

Dr Bernanke's tonic a cure? It's best not to bank on it

19.03.08
It would be a brave soul who suggested the crisis is anywhere near over... more

Saviour of Bear faces hedge fund mauling

19.03.08
Stock markets have delivered a massive vote of confidence, or perhaps it was thanks, to JPMorgan Chase for its bailout of stricken investment bank Bear Stearns... more

Saviour of Bear faces hedge fund mauling

19.03.08
Anthony Hilton suspects JPMorgan Chase could regret bailing out Bear Sterns... more

Hard times are here but why should we bail out the fat cats?

18.03.08
Yesterday morning on the Today programme a financial expert was being grilled on the implications of JP Morgan's takeover of crippled investment bankers Bear Stearns... more

City giant to slash pay and bonuses

18.03.08
Banking giant Goldman Sachs has warned of massive pay cuts for its staff as the global economic crisis bites... more

Triple boost sees world bounce back by shares

18.03.08
Global stock markets rally as investors cheer results from Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers... more

Banks' parallel universe has collided with reality

18.03.08
Despite the Bear Stearns collapse and the plunging pound, City staff have pocketed huge bonuses. How much longer can they ignore the meltdown?... more

Labour rating plummets as City turmoil takes its toll

18.03.08
The Cabinet was briefed on the economic crisis today as a poll showed Labour's ratings in freefall... more

'No one knows how bad things will get'

17.03.08
Even wise old birds who thought they'd seen it all before admit to feeling queasy... more

Warning of financial meltdown as shares plunge

17.03.08
President Bush today desperately sought to stop the global financial crisis spiralling out of control... more

Stock markets plunge again

14.03.08
Stock markets around the world tanked today after the dramatic rescue of one of Wall Street's largest banks plunged financial markets into a fresh crisis... more

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