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Whitney is über-bearish as shares rise around the world

17.11.09
Share prices on both sides of the Pond are trading at their best levels in more than a year, so stock market investors could be forgiven for thinking the worst of the global recession and banking meltdown is over ... more

Sir Win’s buying spree has City guessing about Lloyds

17.11.09
Does Lloyds Banking Group chairman Sir Win Bischoff know something the rest of us do not? ... more

British Land defections trigger downgrade from blue-blooded Caz

14.10.09
Troubled times ahead for British Land, down 4.8p at 467.6p, after main board director and head of retail Andrew Jones and two of his top executives left as exclusively revealed in last week’s Evening Standard ... more

Brokers’ bad connection to Vodafone

14.07.09
Mobile phones giant Vodafone appears to be ringing all the wrong numbers as far as City analysts are concerned these days ... more

Take the Forbes Rich List with a big dose of salt

13.03.09
The annual Forbes list of the richest people in the world is published and it is treated as gospel. Yet closer examination reveals all manner of imperfections... more

Goldman hit by a $2.12bn loss and cuts staff bonus

16.12.08
Banking: Goldman Sachs crashed to its first quarterly loss as a public company and slashed bonus payments for staff... more

Worst may not yet be over for the banks as Goldman and Morgan are set to unveil losses

12.12.08
What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, the optimists were still hoping that the credit crunch, like the First World War, might be over by Christmas. Now things look very different.... more

Eddie’s words no transport of delight...

03.12.08
Stobart Group, famed for its Eddie Stobart green lorries with girls’ names, is clearly delighted to have bought Southend Airport for £21 million... more

Comment: It didn’t take a genius to stop the rot a year ago

24.11.08
Comment: Inept management at Citigroup was today rewarded by the US government... more

BoA swoops for Merrill in £28bn deal

15.09.08
Credit crunch: Bank of America’s $50 billion (£28 billion) early-morning takeover of Wall Street investment bank Merrill Lynch creates the world’s biggest financial services group... more

Lehman crisis hits Asian bank shares

11.09.08
The Lehman Brothers crisis has reaped more havoc on global banking stocks with Asian shares being particularly hard hit... more

Banking crisis deepens

11.09.08
Credit crunch: Share prices have tumbled around the world as Wall Street slashed the value of Lehman Brothers, one of its oldest investment banks, for the second time this week... 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

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