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Investors won't like Brown's empire any better than Sir Fred's empire building

telegraph.co.uk
04-Nov-2008
        

Two little details provide all you need to know about the new-look, state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). After eight years of empire building under Sir Fred Goodwin, RBS is coming home. Above all RBS’s plan under...

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Media Monkey: Music biz escapes financial blues

guardian.co.uk
04-Nov-2008
        

Credit crunch? What credit crunch? Monkey only asks after attending the Music Industry Trusts Dinner in honour of Universal head honcho Lucian Grainge, where pop star types and high street retail entrepreneurs flashed the cash...

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UPDATE 2-Marks & Spencer first-half profit slumps 34 pct

finanznachrichten.de
04-Nov-2008 22 related
        

LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Marks&Spencer, Britain's biggest clothing retailer, posted a 34-percent drop in first-half profit on Tuesday, beating expectations despite a deepening consumer downturn and self-confessed mistakes at...

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Westfield retailers furious over surge in charges

ft.com
03-Nov-2008 6 related
        

By Daniel Thomas and Tom Braithwaite Westfield has enraged retailers with a sharp rise in their service charges just days after the £1.6bn west London shopping centre opened for business. Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia Group and...

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Leona: Obama can help Broken Britain

thesun.co.uk
03-Nov-2008 3 related
        

POP superstar LEONA LEWIS believes Barack Obama has the X Factor to fix Broken Britain if he wins the US election tomorrow. But the talent show champ — who, like presidential hopeful Obama, is of mixed race — believes the...

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I still want to give away ?1billion (but charities might have to wait a lifetime)

dailymail.co.uk
02-Nov-2008 2 related
        

The sun was shining, not only on Sir Tom Hunter but also on the world economy, when the billionaire Scot invited TV cameras into his luxury villa in Cap-Ferrat in the south of France and announced his great philanthropic dream...

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Scottish pretender Jim Spowart emerges for HBOS

timesonline.co.uk
01-Nov-2008 238 related
        

A FORMER executive of HBOS is attempting to piece together a bid for the banking giant, in a move that could potentially jeopardise its proposed takeover by Lloyds TSB. Jim Spowart, the Scottish financier who founded HBOS’s...

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Marks ? Spencer faces battle to avoid dividend cut

telegraph.co.uk
01-Nov-2008 4 related
        

Marks & Spencer will this week announce a slump in first-half profits and faces a battle to avoid a dividend cut that analysts now believe is inevitable. By James Hall, Retail Editor M&S is likely to say on Tuesday that pre-tax...

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Lloyds boss prepares for HBOS purge

thisismoney.co.uk
31-Oct-2008
        

directors from the board. The move underlines who will call the shots at the superbank, which will control around 30pc of the British mortgage market. Fears of a purge were amplified by a stark pledge from Daniels to eradicate...

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Westfield London: The Grand Opening!

fashionratty.com
31-Oct-2008
        

Shopping in a new light. Thats the slogan for Westfield London and it really is shopping in a whole new lightwell for Europe that is! Anyone who adores the massive American style malls will feel right...

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