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• Tobin tax gains City supporters

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  • Terry Smith and RBS chairman join call for financial levy • New mayor speaks out on gulf between public and bankers The controversial tax on financial transactions endorsed by Gordon Brown and Lord Turner, the top City regulator, was last night beginning to garner the support of leading financiers for the first ...
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• Businesses still struggling to obtain finance from banks

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  • Firms reporting improved access to finance dropped to 3% • half of all employers are planning wage freezes The Bank of Englands £200bn quantitative easing programme has failed to improve access to finance for businesses and half of UK employers are planning pay freezes in the coming months. The British ...
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• Unions and MPs blast RBS for backing foreign takeover bid for Cadbury

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Nationalised bank accused of dodging lending commitments and acting against the best interests of the UK economy Royal Bank of Scotland was last night under fire from critics concerned that the part-nationalised bank is acting against the best interests of the UK economy by backing foreign takeover bids and dodging ...
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• Sir Philip Hampton: the era of big international banks is far from over

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  Believe it or not chairing the Royal Bank of Scotland is not the hardest job Sir Philip Hampton has ever had.
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• Breakingviews.com: Newfangled Bank Capital

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  The warm reception for contingent capital securities — known as CoCo bonds — may encourage other banks to sell CoCos, a development that would probably please regulators.
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• Hampton RBS row is a complete nonsense

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  I was delighted to see shareholders in Royal Bank of Scotland RBS questioning the banks corporate governance yesterday - albeit two years too late. If only this brave bunch of anonymous bruisers had taken on previous chairman Sir Tom McKillop over his woeful chairmanship of RBS before or even during the ABN ...
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• Viewpoint: Does BTs maths make sense? | Nils Pratley

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Is the company now generating enough cash to invest in telecoms infrastructure, service its borrowings of almost £10bn, pay its shareholders a dividend reliably and – critically –keep its pension fund deficit under control? Can it be true? Does the maths at BT finally make sense? Is the company now generating ...
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• Hamptons Anglo role feels wrong

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  There is still much work for the RBS chairman to do at the bank Strictly speaking, Sir Philip Hampton, chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland, is probably entitled to accept a non-executive posting at Anglo American. His contract at RBS apparently commits him to three days work a week. If crisis strikes in Edinburgh, he ...
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• Multinationals flock to IIM-Bangalore for internees

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Bangalore, Nov 12 (IANS) In a clear sign that the impact of the slowdown is behind, multinationals flocked to Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) to offer placements to the entire batch of 348 first year students of the two-year post-graduate programme in management.“For the first time, niche consulting ...
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• Taxpayer stakes in banks will take seven years to sell

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Leading accountant PricewaterhouseCoopers urges governments to take more active role in management of banks and to focus on wider social goals The government will be stuck with its stakes in the bailed-out banks for up to seven years, a leading accountancy firm predicts today as it calls for a more interventionist ...
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• Finance firms lead recruitment in IIM-C summer placements

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) As many as 61 Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta students got internship offers abroad with 43 percent landing up jobs in banks and equity firms, during summer placements conducted by the institute this month.The placements - a course requirement that expects every student to complete a ...
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• UK could take seven years to sell bank stakes warns PwC

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  Selling the taxpayers stakes in Britains banks may take seven years PwC has warned depressing hopes of an early exit.
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• U.S. Indicts 8 in Worldwide Hacking Ring

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  Federal authorities say they’ve cracked an international computer hacking ring that stole more than $9 million within 12 hours last November, securing indictments against eight people from Russia, Estonia and Moldova.
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• HSBC says UK rules mean it cant buy bits of the banking system

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  • Chief attacks rules barring existing players from asset sales • Bank expects emerging economies to beat the west out of recession HSBCs chief executive today complained that the bank will not be able to expand in the UK by buying businesses being sold by Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and Northern ...
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• Barclays on track for record profits in 2009

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  The bank admitted that rises in pay for bankers in Barclays Capital were under consideration Barclays revealed today it was in discussions with shareholders about how to pay bonuses to its investment bankers after reinstating its dividend on the back of £4.5bn profits in the nine months to September. The figures ...
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• FTSE flies after G20 pledge on economic stimulus

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Leading shares are heading for their highest close for two weeks after the G20 meeting over the weekend agreed to keep economic stimulus in place until a recovery was assured. This renewed investors appetite for risk, with banks and miners both benefiting. So Wall Street has risen around 120 points in early trading, ...
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• G4S dips as investors cash in after update

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Security group G4S has dipped on a bit of profit taking following an in-line trading statement. Its shares - which have been on an upward trend since the start of October - have edged down 2.1p to 250.7p but analysts are still positive on the business. In its nine month update the company said revenues grew by 9% ...
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• Market forces breaking news: Broadband demand drives up Inmarsats profits

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  • Satellite operator says revenue from in-flight broadband services has risen by 10% • Anglo American appoints Sir Philip Hampton • Hiscox enjoys benign quarter With just hours to go until Kraft either launches a bid for Cadbury or walks away, there is a clutch of results from companies to keep us ...
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• Barclays board discusses new cuts to bonuses

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  • Bank expected to report profits of £1.5bn, much of it driven by investment arm Barclays Capital • Directors said to be mindful of public hostility to big pay awards in wake of banking crisis Non-executive directors of Barclays are urging the bank to show restraint on bonuses this year despite the bumper ...
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