Remember how, in the Budget, George Osborne pulled off a PR coup, with Sir Martin Sorrell announcing that WPP would be considering moving its tax base back to the UK?... more
When it comes to crunching the numbers around tax and spend, the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies says it does the same job as the Treasury but 'more comprehensively and more accurately'... more
The body language and decision on who stood where in yesterday’s pictures of the Big Four arriving at HSBC’s board meeting told you a great deal... more
HSBC is keen to list its shares in Shanghai before the end of the year, with an initial public offering still pending approval, chairman Stephen Green says... more
HSBC profits: Stephen Green, chairman of HSBC, justifies the bank paying what some analysts suggested could be as much as £1.5 billion in bonuses... more
Two of London’s top bankers today warned regulators and governments not to move too fast or be too draconian with their plans for tighter rules on banks ... more
Hard-faced investment bankers and their ilk were hard to like even in the good times. Estate agents used to say they could tell when a banker was on the phone... more
HSBC chairman Stephen Green has declared that the financial and economic crisis is a long way from being over as regulators warned that the overhaul of the banking system could result in lower profits... more
A critical vote in the House of Lords is looming for small newsagents who are being seriously threatened by plans to prevent tobacco products going on display across Britain ... more
The reputation of bankers is at an all-time low and still they ignore the lessons of the crisis. We now need extreme measures to restore confidence... more
Profile: Mike Geoghegan’s HSBC used to
be seen as a plodder. But he didn’t get his
knuckles rapped by ministers and it doesn’t
need our money. Its rivals are still smarting... more
This week sees a defining moment for the City. We will know whether Royal Bank of Scotland management has persuaded shareholders to forgive their foolish ways.... more
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