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Insider takes the chair at Standard Chartered

02.07.09
The son of a coalminer has been confirmed as the new chairman of emerging-markets bank Standard Chartered ... more

Trade minister in line for £4m share payout from bank

14.04.09
Trade minister Lord Davies is on course to get more than £4million of shares from UK bank Standard Chartered... more

Worry for Vauxhall over GM's job cuts

18.02.09
Engineering: General Motors' plans to cut 47,000 jobs worldwide spread more gloom over its Ellesmere Port Vauxhall plant on Merseyside... more

As banks unveil yet more losses, the fear is worst may not be over

16.01.09
Analysis: These are anxious times for the team recruited to Government by Gordon Brown to, in his own words, “save the banks”... more

Chartered chairman signed up by Labour

14.01.09
Banking: The Government has appointed Standard Chartered chairman Mervyn Davies as a minister to help tackle the economic crisis... more

£20bn boost for small firms

14.01.09
Lord Mandelson has promised a £20billion shot-in-the-arm for smaller businesses... more

Too thin on top talent at the banks

29.12.08
One of the more interesting kites being flown over the weekend was the suggestion that Royal Bank of Scotland might find the chairman to replace Sir Tom McKillop in either Standard Chartered's Mervyn Davies or Sir Keith Whitson, who retired as chief executive of HSBC in 2003 after a 40-year stint at the bank.... more

Redknapp warns Spurs to buy or stay mediocre

15.12.08
Harry Redknapp says Tottenham must strengthen their squad because they are nowhere near good enough to finish in the top five of the Premier League... more

Goldman and Morgan can only blame

19.09.08
The heads of Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and the rest have been sternly condemning the evil short sellers in hedge funds for wreaking havoc on their share prices, spreading panic among counterparties and generally being beastly... more

Standard Chartered surges by 31% and ticks off its rivals

05.08.08
Bank blamed much of the woes of its rivals on their massive bonus payment regimes... more

Standard Chartered boss warns crisis is far from over

07.05.08
Senior British banker tempers credit crunch optimism of his counterparts in America... more

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