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• Purcell Says Five-Year Bank Bonus Delay `Way Too Long: Video

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  Nov. 26 -- John Purcell, managing director of executive search firm Purcell & Company, talks with Bloombergs Mark Barton about changes to U.K. bank bonus rules proposed by David Walker in a government-commissioned report.
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• A bankers rich list only plays to the gallery

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  Telegraph View: The Government could show that it really means business by putting its money where its mouth is.
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• Campaigners attack Sir David Walkers report on banking

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Trade unions, politicians and legal experts join assault on Walker reform proposals Campaigners hoping Sir David Walkers report would curb bumper bank bonuses have attacked him for failing to grasp the extent of public anger at big City payouts and reckless risk-taking. The report drew some support from corporate ...
  13 hours ago

• Sir David Walker: Im a man of the people, not a City grandee

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  The multi-millionaire banker defends his much-criticised blueprint for an accountable financial sector Sir David Walker wants to make one thing clear: he is not a City grandee. He does not like the label and would the Guardian please not refer to him as such. Many City-watchers could probably think of other ...
  14 hours ago

• Name, shame, blame the bankers, if you like. But theyre the wrong target | Simon Jenkins

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Regulators have long been suckered by too big to fail. The Walker report has all the power of a feather duster Oh, Mr Brown, I loved that. Tickle me again, Mr Darling. Just there. A back rub, please, Sir David. A little oil here, Lord Phillips; a teeny whiplash from you, Lord Myners. And you, Mervyn King, perhaps ...
  16 hours ago

• Sir David Walker: facts

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  Sir David Walker, former financial regulator and banker, has today published his independent review into British bank governance. Here are some facts about him
  20 hours ago

• More than 1,000 bankers in the City earn over £1m a year, Sir David Walker says

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  More than 1,000 in the City earn over £1m a year, Sir David Walker said in a review that will force banks to disclose how many staff are on such pay.
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• Dan Roberts and Jill Insley on bank overdrafts & pay

  
  Business: Dan Roberts on business | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 100
  Dan Roberts and Jill Insley on bank overdrafts court decision & Walker report on pay and regulation Dan Roberts Jill Insley
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• Walker review: main points

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  Sir David Walker has recommended extensive reforms to strengthen bank governance and increased disclosure on pay in his review. Here is a summary of his recommendations.
  1 day ago

• Bank reform: What a carve up!

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  There is a direct link between this weeks revelation of the Bank of Englands secret £62bn loan to RBS and HBOS last October, and todays report from Sir David Walker on how banks should be governed. They are both inside jobs, momentous affairs of huge public importance yet where the shots are called by a select few. ...
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• Walker review urges bank chairmen to stand up to chief executives

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Powerful chief executives who are left unchallenged are a major source of risk and should be removed, says Walker report Just as Royal Bank of Scotland was hitting the rocks last year, the banks then chairman, Sir Tom McKillop, angrily insisted there were "no patsies" on the board. Certainly, high-profile names such ...
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• Banks forced to reveal millionaire staff

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  New laws created in the wake of Sir David Walkers report will compel banks to say how many of their staff earn more than £1m, but high end earners names will not be revealed Banks will be forced to reveal how many of their employees earn more than £1m a year under new laws expected to show that hundreds, perhaps ...
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• Nils Pratley: Banks unlikely to name top 20 earners

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  One of the most startling statistics to emerge during the clean-up operation on the banks was that 200 individuals at Royal Bank of Scotland used to earn more than the old boss, Sir Fred Goodwin. Lord Myners, the City minister, produced that gem a few months ago and named his source as Goodwin himself. Nobody has ...
  3 days ago

• 60 Minutes Segment Explores the Ideas of Rationing, Pulling the Plug on Grandma

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 834
  Considering how fond liberals are of "teachable moments," it was surprising that CBSs "60 Minutes" missed one on its Nov. 22 broadcast . "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft took an in-depth look at one of the most expensive aspects of modern health care - the cost of end of life care. However, he didnt ...
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• Critics condemn backtrack on plans to identify highearning bankers as feeble

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  Britains highestearning bankers will not be identified publicly after "feeble" backtracking that risks leaving a report into the City meaningless it was claimed last night.
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• Sir David Walker accused of ducking issue on bankers pay

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  Critics have accused Sir David Walker of avoiding the issue of bankers pay by sticking to his earlier proposals and rejecting calls for the names of top earners to be published.
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• Is Medicare the Real Target of ‘Health Care Reform?’

  
  Big Government — Authority: 817
  Nobody outside the inner halls of Congress really knows what’s going on in the negotiations on health care “reform. Every now and then, someone emerges from the formerly smoke-filled rooms and throws another 2,000 or so page “bill” out into the public and then disappears to continue talks to carve up one-sixth ...
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• Labour backs down over naming bankers

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Top 20 highest paid employees now unlikely to be identified unless they have boardroom roles Thousands of the highest-paid bankers in the City look likely to cling on to their anonymity as the government prepares to back down from its suggestion that banks should name their top 20 earners. Had the proposal, floated ...
  5 days ago

• Sir David Walker needs some help with his backbone

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  There has been a lot of noise about getting tough with the banks, but it doesnt look like that is going to translate into much-needed action Sir David Walkers review of governance at banks is a key plank in the governments strategy to reform the City. For that reason, I hope there is some last-minute stiffening of ...
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• Walker tells bank investors to be more involved

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  Walker review of corporate governance will stress need for more shareholder engagement with banks and other financial services companies.
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