Good luck to Richard Glynn and his potential £12 million golden hello to take over the reins from Chris Bell running Ladbrokes. He’s going to need every horseshoe, four-leafed clover and rabbit’s foot he can lay his hands on ... more
Spread betting is a City success story - an example of what London's financial district does best. But the tie-up between financial services provider and betting outfit IG could end in tears... more
John Varley told Barclays staff yesterday that the bank had little to fear from President Obama’s war on Wall Street, and has gained the support of at least one voice in the City... more
John Varley told Barclays staff yesterday that the bank had little to fear from President Obama’s war on Wall Street, and has gained the support of at least one voice in the City... more
John Varley told Barclays staff yesterday that the bank had little to fear from President Obama’s war on Wall Street, and has gained the support of at least one voice in the City... more
Bookie Paddy Power normally runs a fun bet titled Premier League Sack Race on top-flight managers losing their jobs. Sadly, it doesn't offer odds on the same thing but for major chief executives...... more
Ah the joy and pain of email. Dominic Morris, former bag-carrier to ex-broadcasting minister Lord Carter, has sent exciting emails out to announce he has become the new director of public policy at Lloyds Banking Group... more
Ladbrokes is raising money to pay down debts and the bankers are cashing in as usual but chief executive Chris Bell reckons he managed to push the fees down ... more
Ladbrokes is following William Hill by sending its online sports betting arm to Gibraltar. The bookie said this is a result of high UK tax and competitive pressure ... more
Ladbrokes has been hit by a dramatic 34% plunge in profits after suffering huge payouts on Ruby Walsh's record-breaking Cheltenham and Manchester United's recent winning streak... more
City Spy has done much scratching of his head at the latest global survey review by Société Générale that asks the question: when does the stock market become cheap enough to start buying again?... more
Leisure: Punters may have been left looking at snowbound and waterlogged racecourses on the bookies' television screens for much of this worst winter in years, but they are still losing their cash in the betting shop casino machines... more
The boss of Ladbrokes has stopped his firm's 14,000 workers taking business flights with BA after it tried to bump his 14-year-old daughter and her friend off a flight from Barbados... more
Betting giant Ladbrokes is still raking it in, but those famed high rollers with their multi-million-pound gambles are finally facing up to economic reality... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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