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Bradford & Bingley chairman Richard Pym failed to see storms on horizon

timesonline.co.uk
8 hrs ago 6 related
        

Patrick Hosking, Banking and Finance Editor The chief executive of Bradford & Bingley (B&B) was likened yesterday by MPs investigating the collapse of the mortgage lender to the weather forecaster who missed the 1987 hurricane...

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MPs question bosses over repossessions

guardian.co.uk
7 hrs ago 4 related
        

The government was under fire last night for reneging on its promise to help people threatened with losing their home as Northern Rock admitted it would be responsible for one in 10 repossessions this year. At a hearing of the...

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B&B chiefs: 'Financial Michael Fish' looking to Robert Peston

myfinances.co.uk
20 hrs ago 8 related
        

Today the heads of nationalised bank Bradford & Bingley (B&B) faced MPs, with accusations they acted like a financial Michael Fish and admissions they knew the writing was on the fall when the BBC reported a possible rescue....

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Paul Mylrea, CIPR Board member, guest blogs on the Global Alliance meeting in Lugano

prvoice.typepad.com
yesterday
        

The things you have to do for the profession, I thought as we flew in to Lugano, dipping over snow-tipped mountains, the sun glinting on the lake below. The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management, the...

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Is the media to blame for the credit crisis?

independent.co.uk
17-Nov-2008
        

A few years back, business news was deemed so boring that it was usually confined to the back pages, or down bulletin. But ever since “sub-prime” entered the general vocabulary, most reporting has been taken out of the hands of...

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Weighty words measured by the pound?

scotsman.com
17-Nov-2008 168 related
        

Published Date: 17 November 2008 THEY are an elite cabal whose very words have the power to move markets and shape futures. In an interview at the weekend, Mr Osborne said the nation's economy was the worst prepared for...

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dailymail.co.uk: Roddy and Sir Dai Llewellyn dailymail.co.uk

At last! Dai and Roddy end their family feud

dailymail.co.uk
17-Nov-2008 1 related
        

So deep was the animosity between Sir Dai Llewellyn and his brother Roddy that the colourful Welsh baronet warned his sibling that if he turned up to his funeral he would leave orders to throw him out.

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msn.com: Jim Spowart admitted defeat in his bid to derail HBOS's takeover msn.com

Jim Spowart concedes defeat in battle to stop Lloyds TSB takeover of HBOS

telegraph.co.uk
16-Nov-2008 41 related
        

A financier who tried to broker an alternative deal to the proposed takeover of HBOS has blamed "political posturing" by the Government after conceding defeat. By Simon Johnson, Scottish Political Editor Jim Spowart, who...

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Labour’s lack of support for HBoS blasted

snp.org
16-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Leading businessman Jim Spowart has said no one from the Labour party had offered support for an alternative deal to the takeover of HBoS by Lloyds TSB and that he was even discouraged from talking to other politicians.read more

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Fordyce Maxwell: 'Raking is a small price to pay to see millions of trees change colour'

scotsman.com
16-Nov-2008
        

Published Date: 16 November 2008 OK, WE'VE had the mists and mellow fruitfulness, even if some roses and at least one clematis are still intent on flowering, and we're fairly well through the countryside's autumn colour...

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