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Northern Rock investors' anger as compensation is ruled out

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:35:50 GMT

Former Northern Rock shareholders reacted with fury to news that they will get no compensation from the Government after it nationalised the bank two years ago

Northern Rock ex-holders are again denied their cash claim

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:44:46 GMT

Former shareholders in Northern Rock failed in their second legal attempt to force the Government to pay them hundreds of millions of pounds compensation after the bank was nationalised two years ago

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

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:11:24 GMT

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

Banks in lending dilemma

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:38:04 GMT

The Bank of England's monetary policy committee has been deliberating again, not about whether interest rates will be cut but by how much

That's Capital - village pubs make a comeback

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:50:03 GMT

Capital Pub Company pubs are a class above. Perhaps they will show others the way back to the future

A year after Rock�s collapse, the verdict on key players

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:51:12 GMT

Analysis: A year ago, BBC News dropped a bombshell the City will never forget. Northern Rock, one of the country's biggest mortgage lenders, had run out of cash and was going cap in hand to the Bank of England for emergency funding

Hedge funds fight hard for Northern Rock compensation

Tue, 20 May 2008 07:26:52 GMT

Legal Analysis A hedge fund that bought heavily into Northern Rock is claiming its human rights were violated when the mortgage lender was nationalised in February

Hard man who stands to lose �64m on massive Rock gamble

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:12:46 GMT

Monaco-based multimillionaire Jon Wood is an unlikely champion of the dispossessed - and even allies in the fight against nationalisation seem wary of him

Can City dodge the US lawmen?

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:19:12 GMT

When people talk about the success of the City, they tend to overlook the law firms although the magic circle of big City houses have been profitable, and lucrative for their higher-level employees, while managing to avoid for the most part coming under foreign ownership. The law, even English law, remains a less international profession than most of the other City activities

Hedge funds: we'll block Branson's Rock rescue

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:57:25 GMT

The biggest shareholders in Northern Rock are threatening to block a rescue package from Sir Richard Branson - and force nationalisation

Darling to decide on Rock's fate within days

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:51:03 GMT

A decision on the future of the hapless Newcastle bank Northern Rock could be made within days

Gallic tale of seductive intrigue

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:02:39 GMT

French bank BNP Paribas said yesterday that its board had not discussed the possibility of a bid for Société Générale, its high-stepping rival recently bought low by a rogue trader who cost it e4.9 billion (£3.6 billion)