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Hedges move out and the deadly weed moves in...

18.06.09
Charles Dickens would have loved these post-collapse days. Every day brings a fresh tale of upturned human fortune... more

Next in Number 11 has a horrible job

23.04.09
City Comment: If I were Tory Shadow Chancellor George Osborne, I would develop a passion for technology, the prison system, healthcare — even transport — anything in fact rather than economics and finance... more

Citi-Morgan talks seen leading to wave of deals

12.01.09
Finance: Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are set to announce a deal to combine their brokerages, a move that could trigger a fresh wave of consolidation in the troubled and thinning banking industry ... more

Club that aims to give Eton’s boys an edge

04.12.08
Forget the Bullingdon Club. Forget too, these troubled times. Eton College has started its own club for those keen to get on, credit crunch or not: The Stockbroking Society... more

Beleaguered Citigroup is bailed out with £13 billion

24.11.08
Banking: The United States government has rescued Citigroup with a huge bailout plan that includes a $20 billion capital infusion... more

When a sacking is no answer

23.07.08
Anthony Hilton warns about the dangers of firing the boss... more

Cheer for investors in AIG as chief goes

16.06.08
Shareholders in insurance giant welcomed the ousting of Martin Sullivan after two quarters of record losses... more

Ministers need help, not the Bank

09.06.08
City people who are likely to be Bank of England advisers are the problem - not the solution... more

Citigroup eyes £200bn sell-offs

09.05.08
Citigroup is considering the sale of up to £200billion of its non-core assets.... more

Credit crunch won't halt City bonus culture

24.04.08
When it comes to bonuses, size will always matter... more

Citigroup to offload £6bn parcel of loans and bonds

09.04.08
Banking giant Citigroup is close to selling about £6bn of leveraged loans and bonds... more

Putting the Bank back in charge is all old hat

02.04.08
The world has moved on and needs to be regulated as it is, not as we fondly remember it was... 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

Sorry, Sir, there's a moral here for banks

25.03.08
Sir Peter Burt, one of Britain's most respected bankers in the period when he ran Bank of Scotland until it merged with Halifax seven years ago, has come out with an interesting take on moral hazard... more

Sorry, Sir, there's a moral here for banks

25.03.08
How can the banks that did avoid the pitfalls reap the benefits of their good judgment if all the others are saved from the consequences of their mistakes?... more

Cost cuts at Citigroup may claim 500 jobs in London

20.03.08
Citigroup will axe as many as 500 jobs in London amid signs the City jobs cull is getting worse... more

Merger plan of the miners is a big deal with a huge downside

13.02.08
What a strange world we live in when every twist and turn in the sale of a minor former building society in Newcastle commands the attention of politicians, bankers and the media, but elsewhere a proposal that will create a monopolistic giant bigger than BP or Shell sails serenely forward with almost no one paying attention... more

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