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Adam Applegarth RSS feed'Lehman Sisters' would crash too, says top adviser
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Gordon Brown's independent adviser on the City today rejected Harriet Harman's claim that the financial crisis would not have happened if women had been in charge of banks.2009-11-03T15:08:27ZWhitehall cuts are so bad for adland
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Nervousness in adland as agencies digest the thought that the next government will cut its huge advertising budget2009-10-06T05:43:43ZSteward’s call for inquiry is a pure confection
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Comedy lawsuit of the week comes from something called the Steward International Enhanced Index Fund, which is suing Cadbury’s top brass for daring not to embrace a (putative) bid from Kraft Foods2009-10-06T07:15:16ZApplegarth returns as an adviser on duff loans
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Adam Applegarth, the former chief executive of nationalised bank Northern Rock, has re-emerged with his first new role in the City2009-10-01T06:51:19ZBlunt truth is pointy-heads aren’t so clever after all
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Enron, America’s most famous bankruptcy saga, wasn’t just a tale of greed, money, sex and electricity deregulation, though it was all of those things2009-09-29T06:43:12ZPay bonuses in shares to keep bankers onside
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Would Sir Fred Goodwin have committed so much RBS money if it had been his own cash he was spending?2009-08-21T07:26:04ZBaroness Scotland changes her tune...
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Raised eyebrows in the Treasury at the interview with Baroness Scotland, the attorney-general, in the Financial Times. She is keen to get across just how determined she is to crack down on financial crime ...2009-08-05T06:43:04ZThe lunatic lending that landed bank in this mess
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When Northern Rock crashed, some commentators tried to say: "I told you so." They claimed they predicted the Newcastle-based bank would hit trouble and might ultimately fail2009-08-04T09:37:56ZNorthern Rock borrowers cost bank £725m as prices collapse
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Full extent of Britain's sub-prime mortgage crisis was shown as Northern Rock announced losses of almost £725million2009-08-04T06:39:25ZSqueezing Majestic through the High Street bottleneck
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How does the chief executive of Majestic Wine keep up the price of the booze he is selling when supermarkets are full of three-bottles-for-£10 offers?2009-06-16T07:13:48ZJoe Lewis intrigue over Alphameric
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What is the canny but reclusive investor, Joe Lewis, up to in the racing world?2009-05-18T07:31:27ZThe cat sat on the Bat, but stock tipping is for experts
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Who is better at picking shares in the midst of a major recession — a highly trained, media-friendly stockbroker, or the office cat?2009-05-12T06:48:32ZA frantic chase that led everyone astray
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2009-04-20T08:58:08ZIntrigue and plotting over future of Sibir
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2009-04-09T07:58:59ZThe bruiser handing out a battering to our greedy bank bosses
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Treasury Select Committee chair John McFall is shrugging off the snipers as he earns his spurs tearing into those behind the financial crisis2009-03-04T08:49:33Z'Pride' over Northern Rock sparks takeover talk
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Labour declared it was "proud" that it nationalised Northern Rock - fuelling speculation that another bank could be taken into public ownership2009-02-17T09:53:34ZHow Gordon can pour oil on troubled waters
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Gordon Brown is banging on again about high petrol prices and oil companies making too much money. At the moment it’s BP, next it will be Shell. But who is really making the killing at the pumps? Yes, you guessed it, the PM and his Chancellor Alistair Darling2008-10-29T12:41:57ZForget recession – metal boys are still in party mode
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Shocking times for commodities prices, no doubt. But that didn’t stop the metal traders at the LME annual Grosvenor House dinner splashing out on strippers and champers2008-10-16T09:13:27ZNorthern Rock chiefs to escape court action
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<b>Banking: </b>Adam Applegarth, former chief executive of failed bank Northern Rock, and his co-directors will not be taken to court over their management failings2008-10-14T13:03:25ZCommentary: Bank bosses blinded by arrogance
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Finally, a significant head has rolled from the top of a major British bank. One of the most shameful aspects of this process has been the refusal of those who run our banks to accept any culpability. Their sneering superiority has seen them cling to their multi-million-pound packages and heavily-funded lifestyles in the face of growing evidence that they were to blame.2008-10-13T08:51:59ZThe revenge of the nerds
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As the PM steps in to ensure the survival of HBOS, our City editor tells the story of the people at the heart of this great drama2008-09-18T07:50:05ZOut to lunch at Lehman before the fortress fell
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One of the best lunches I’ve ever had — in a career of many lunches — was at
Lehman Brothers2008-09-15T10:11:49ZA year after Rock’s collapse, the verdict on key players
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<strong>Analysis: </strong>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 funding2008-09-11T09:51:12ZApplegarth has some more explaining to do
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Simon English discusses the book The Fall of Northern Rock, George Soros's latest bets, the price of oil, and the Carter administration2008-07-22T11:25:41ZAlways a sinking feeling over societies that floated
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Simon English says we should cherish the Nationwide, hate all banks, and beware the nappy/beer formula2008-06-03T10:43:16ZIt's Executive Monopoly - pass Go and collect
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Reward for recklessness: Adam Applegarth got £760,000 while the returns to Northern Rock shareholders fell away to nothing2008-04-03T12:33:52ZA foreigner flies the flag for UK
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The generosity of non-doms in our midst generally puts the locals to shame2008-03-27T11:47:37ZSorry, Sir, there's a moral here for banks
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Sir Peter Burt, one of Britain's most respected bankers in the period when he ran Bank of Scotland until it merged with Halifax seven years ago, has come out with an interesting take on moral hazard2008-03-25T08:28:47ZSorry, Sir, there's a moral here for banks
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How can the banks that did avoid the pitfalls reap the benefits of their good judgment if all the others are saved from the consequences of their mistakes?2008-03-25T11:29:45ZSomeone will have to sweep up this rubbish
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If Cheltenham races can be blown off course, then what chance has the Chancellor? The tax rates and spending plans were set a year ago by the man sitting next to him, and all he could do yesterday was to catch the flak.2008-03-18T15:05:51Z