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Hammer fans fear the chop

19.11.09

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Resolution still hungry for takeovers

12.11.09

Insurance takeover vehicle Resolution reckons it has digested Friends Provident and is ready for its next meal ... more

RBS shares in a tumble as it feels the pain of break-up

02.11.09

Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland tumbled by as much as 17% today after it admitted its break-up ordered by European regulators will be more painful than feared ... more

Comment: More car boot sale than glamorous auction

02.11.09

Does the European Commission watch Strictly Come Dancing? Because if they did, they might appreciate the two steps forward, one step back nature of what is actually being imposed on the UK this week d ... more

Buyers line up for quick �1.5bn sale of Northern Rock's 'best bits'

28.10.09

Northern Rock, the bank which triggered the financial crisis in Britain, could be sold before the general election in the biggest shake-up of the banking system for years... more

Northern Rock sale �delayed� as buyers wait for general election

28.10.09

Government hopes of selling Northern Rock before the general election looked doomed amid signs potential bidders will wait until after polling day ... more

Credit firms charge British tourists �50 to take out �1,000

10.09.09

British holidaymakers were charged a total of �106million for taking out money with their credit card abroad last month... more

Huge rise in cost of football drives fans away from Premier clubs

28.07.09

Third of football fans plan to go to fewer matches this season as the recession bites, a new study reveals... more

Northern Rock is set to ask for �3bn more

01.07.09

Northern Rock said it will need up to �3 billion more from the taxpayer once it splits into a so-called good bank, which can be sold off, and bad bank, which will be almost certainly retained by the Treasury ... more

Credit cards charging up to 46 per cent interest

09.01.09

American Express has increased the cost of borrowing on one of its credit cards to 46 per cent - more than 30 times the Bank of England base rate... more

Chairman of the board � at �56,000 a time

07.01.09

Chief executives may be in the spotlight during the new puritanism but keep an eye on the rampant pay inflation for part-time chairmen... more

Would you sell a bank to Richard Branson? Why the Virgin tycoon lost out in the Northern Rock collapse

16.06.08

In a compelling new book, the Mail's City Editor ALEX BRUMMER reveals the incompetence, greed and recklessness that caused this crisis.... more

Virgin pay �17m for London Marathon

16.05.08

Sir Richard Branson signs sponsorship deal for world's greatest race ... more

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