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B&B plummets into the red and bad debts rocket

29.08.08
The scale of the job facing new Bradford & Bingley chief executive Richard Pym was underlined as the troubled lender crashed into the red and reported soaring levels of bad debts... more

B&B's name in tatters after rights issue snub

15.08.08
Bradford & Bingley was nursing its wounds after the City snubbed its highly controversial £400million fundraising bid... more

B&B dives to new low as City snubs latest fundraiser

07.07.08
Bradford & Bingley suffered a further blow as the City gave its £400 million rights issue the thumbs down ... more

Shares in Bradford & Bingley dive as TPG walks away

04.07.08
Shares in Bradford & Bingley plunged 9 per cent after a US private-equity house walked away from a deal to bail out the troubled bank... more

B&B shares soar as Texas Pacific defends strategy

24.06.08
Texas Pacific, the US private-equity firm injecting £179 million into Bradford & Bingley, said it sees the deal as part of a wider bid to consolidate smaller UK and European banks... more

The 'crew of fools' bidding to steer B&B out of trouble

06.06.08
Profit warning, cut-price rights issue and private-equity cash injection all mean company has a lot of work to do... more

B&B faces investor backlash over revised rights issue

03.06.08
Bosses at Bradford & Bingley face a backlash from investors over the bank's cut-price £400million rights issue and share placing.... more

Banking crisis deepens as B&B struggles

02.06.08
Bradford & Bingley lost money in the first four months of this year, and will miss City profit forecasts by a mile... more

Major banks in new crisis

02.06.08
Britain's banks faced another black Monday as a £4 billion shares sell-off was prompted by a major lender warning of plunging profits... more

Sorry Rod, you steered B&B into this disaster

15.05.08
Rod Kent, chairman of Bradford & Bingley, has blighted his distinguished career... more

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