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Celebrities wheel and deal for City charity day

11.09.09
What happened when Sir Alex Ferguson, Alistair Campbell and Jonathan Ross took control of the trading floor at BGC... more

Hamilton lured to WH Ireland from AIB

10.09.09
Stockbroker WH Ireland today poached Lindsey Hamilton from Allied Irish Bank to head its wealth management business ... more

My shopping is keeping the economy afloat

03.09.09
It'll be a sorry day for the economy when the likes of Melanie McDonagh live within their means ... more

Canadian move for stake buoys AIB

14.08.09
Allied Irish Banks’ shares jumped today as it emerged that Royal Bank of Canada has made an approach to buy a stake ... more

Mystery of City banker who threw himself in front of train

05.08.09
Successful City banker threw himself to his death in front of a rush-hour commuter train hours before a dinner date with his wife... more

‘Harrods of the antiques world’ falls victim to the recession

21.07.09
Fine art dealership known as the Harrods of the antique world has gone into administration... more

Allied Irish Banks to raise an extra €1.5 billion

20.04.09
Ireland's largest financial institution, Allied Irish Banks PLC, announced it wants to raise an extra €1.5 billion this year to regain the confidence of global creditors... more

The vultures are hovering, so we must be at the bottom

03.04.09
Welcome to the bottom of the commercial property market. It must be, for today the world's biggest property agent says so. "The time to buy UK property is now," reckons CB Richard Ellis... more

Mayfair’s poker ‘Don’ who gambled it all

31.03.09
He has won millions at cards but, as the Serious Fraud Office probes his £1 billion development company, has Achilleas Kallakis finally been dealt a losing hand? ... more

Investors spar over Bank of Ireland bailout

27.03.09
The Bank of Ireland defended its plans for a state bailout against a hail of criticism from shareholders, but admitted it had earlier failed to respond in time to the bursting of Ireland's property bubble... more

City probes ‘major property scam’ as AIB loses £56m

26.03.09
A City investigation has been launched into what could be London’s biggest property fraud after a bank lost tens of millions of pounds... more

Why can't big shareholders join Goodwin in the stocks?

09.03.09
Sir Fred Goodwin, a friend of the ex-Royal Bank of Scotland chief said to me at the end of last week, is keeping his head down, thinking about what to do with the rest of his life... more

Burning issue for banks as eastern Europe faces a full-scale crash

20.02.09
Analysis: Necks are craning eastwards to spot the next stage of the global financial crisis... more

Public service that got lost in the post

27.01.09
The other day, the Allied Irish Bank called up. Normally, calls from this quarter are a delicate way of telling me I have overrun my overdraft... more

Hard to ignore Rogers’ bearish view of Britain

23.01.09
What to make of investment guru Jim Rogers’ damning of Britain’s faltering economy?... more

Shares nosedive after Irish move

16.01.09
Tension in Dublin rose sharply as shares in top Irish banks continued to plummet and bosses at newly nationalised Anglo Irish Bank were met by protesting shareholders with shouts of “out, out, out”... more

Irish banks win softer bailout terms than British lenders

22.12.08
Ireland's big three banks have been handed a €7.5bn state bailout on far better terms than the equivalent £37bn package handed to RBS, HBOS and Lloyds TSB by the British Government... more

Irish bank shares' joy at Dublin bailout

15.12.08
Banking: Irish banks' shares rocketed in relief at the €10 billion (£8.9 billion) bailout.... more

Ireland offers hand to crunch-hit banks

01.12.08
Ireland's government has become the latest to offer support to its banks as the country's lenders seek to shore up capital depleted by the global financial crisis... more

Irish banks ‘poaching’ UK business

03.10.08
Ireland's two largest banks have been accused by British competitors of trying to poach millions of pounds of business from their corporate clients... more

Mystery of ‘lost’ shares Olivant left at Lehman

02.10.08
Funny thing, coincidence. In the space of a few days, Olivant, Luqman Arnold's investment company, has hit the news not once, but twice... more

Britain's savers bank on Ireland to protect money

01.10.08
British savers are looking to shift their money into Irish banks after the government there gave a 100 per cent guarantee to back all savings in the country's six banks... more

Irish guarantee all bank deposits for two years

30.09.08
Banking: The Irish government has rushed to prop up the country's banking system with a €400 billion (£270 billion) unlimited, comprehensive guarantee of all forms of deposits and loans to them for the next two years... more

World’s watchdogs divided on how to tackle the crisis

19.09.08
Shares: The ban on short-selling by the FSA is described as part of a co-ordinated global strategy to help financial markets recover... more

The 'crew of fools' bidding to steer B&B out of trouble

06.06.08
Profit warning, cut-price rights issue and private-equity cash injection all mean company has a lot of work to do... more

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