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Spanish banks funding Real Mardid spending spree

16.06.09
Football: Real Madrid have been given two loans totalling £130million to help their mammoth summer spending spree... more

Bankers head off to Cheltenham - in disguise

10.03.09
Before the start of the Cheltenham Festival today, the racecourse's managing director Edward Gillespie admitted corporate hospitality has taken a hit - it's down around 10%, he says, although some think that may be a little optimistic... more

Uma's man loses £153m in the Wall St scam

16.12.08
The fiancé of Kill Bill actress Uma Thurman has lost millions in the Bernard Madoff investment fraud.... more

How much did Madoff wife know about his $50billion swindle?

16.12.08
The wife of Bernard Madoff, the man at the centre of the $50billion Ponzi investment fraud, is coming under scrutiny from investigators... more

Market report: Centrica is held back by fears over its cash-raiser

15.12.08
British Gas operator Centrica was one of the biggest casualties among the top 100 companies, falling 17½p to 234¾p as brokers set about placing the rump of its recent £2.2 billion rights issue, worth almost £279 million... more

Leap to £252m as Abbey cashes in on woes of rivals

28.10.08
Banking: Abbey posts a 20% jump in third-quarter profits to £252 million as it continues to dominate High Street savings and lendings... more

Crisis fears over big bank trio

27.10.08
Fears that the financial crisis is set to engulf the Far East and other emerging markets today saw three of Europe's largest banks, which have so far weathered the credit crunch, come under renewed pressure.... more

Market report: HBOS in the spotlight after Caz puts boot in

29.09.08
All eyes in the City were on trading in shares of HBOS today as the price of Britain’s biggest mortgage lender fell a further 19.6p to 153.7p... more

Market report: Footsie targets a record rise thanks to the ban

19.09.08
A surprise crackdown on speculators and the promise of a wide-reaching solution to the crisis in the US financial sector triggered an unprecedented rally among leading shares with the FTSE 100, up almost 400 points, heading for its biggest ever one-day rise... more

Bank shares dive as double worry deepens the crisis

19.08.08
The banking crisis takes a nasty turn for the worse, sending shares tumbling on both sides of the Atlantic... more

RBS opens new Asia sale talks

23.07.08
Royal Bank of Scotland has switched its attention to Commonwealth Bank of Australia in its search for a buyer for ABN Amro's investment banking and corporate finance business in Asia... more

Time for a real protest over bank bonuses

15.07.08
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King turned down £100,000-a-year pay rise when he was reappointed for a second term a few months ago because he thought such an increase would be inappropriate.... more

£1.26bn Spanish bid swoop for beleaguered A&L

14.07.08
Alliance & Leicester set to fall into Spanish hands after it accepts a £1.26bn takeover bid from the owner of rival bank Abbey... more

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