Independent Banking Commission says debate over industry's future centres on whether to break up banks between retail and investment operations... more
Former RBS boss Sir Fred Goodwin has enjoyed - and latterly endured - a variety of nicknames and epithets over the years, charting precisely his rise and fall from grace... more
Investment: Hopes for a takeover of stricken New Star receded as potential bidder Aberdeen Asset Management bought Credit Suisse's UK asset management division for £250 million... more
Banking: The Government is moving sharply to derail a proposal by two senior Scottish bankers to break up the takeover of mortgage giant HBOS by Lloyds TSB... more
Gordon Brown at his monthly press conference: “There can be no argument about where we’ve been over the last few years on debt. Debt was reduced from 44% of national income to 37% at the latest count. And that is a fact.” Not according to the Office for National Statistics... more
Sir George Mathewson, 68, and Sir Peter Burt, 64, who are trying to wrest control of HBOS from Lloyds TSB, should not try to kid anyone
— their motives are as much political as fiscal... more
Three of HBOS's biggest shareholders dismissed the plan by two former leading Scottish bankers to scupper its £6 billion takeover by Lloyds TSB... more
Banking: Lloyds TSB management are to meet Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond over Lloyds' takeover of HBOS in what has become a highly politically charged deal... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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