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HSBC Announces Record Rights Issue, Job Cuts, End Of "Go-Go Years"

HSBC Announces Record Rights Issue, Job Cuts, End Of “Go-Go Years”

HSBC announcing a record rights issue has triggered a fresh loss of confidence in the financial sector, causing the FTSE to

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | March 2, 2009 2:12PM | 1 Comment »


Goodwin, Hornby, Stevenson And McKillop All Get Off Scot Free From Treasury Select Committee

Goodwin, Hornby, Stevenson And McKillop All Get Off Scot Free From Treasury Select Committee

Fred Goodwin has just received his own shredding at the hands of the Treasury Select Committee, along with Andy Hornby, Lord Stevenson and Sir Tom…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | February 10, 2009 3:33PM | 1 Comment »


Lloyds’ “Relationship Banking” Doesn’t Involve Flowers Or Poetry, But Cold Calls And Boring Anecdotes

A student friend of mine called Tom recently got a call from his bank, Lloyds TSB. “A guy,” Tom explained, “called saying he wanted to…

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Posted by Chris Baraniuk in Hot Money | February 9, 2009 2:47PM | 3 Comments »


Peston Fights Treasury Committee With Quality Journalism, Endless Vowels

Robert Peston Fights Treasury Committee With Quality Journalism, Endless Vowels

Robert Peston, journalist extraordinaire and credit-crunch hunk o’ burnin’ love, met the Treasury Select Committee to answer questions over allegations he damaged the…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | February 5, 2009 3:06PM | 1 Comment »


As Lloyds Shareholders Vote On Merger, Where Are The ‘HBOS Banking Knights’ Sir Peter & Sir George?

Lloyds shareholders will vote on the HBOS merger (read takeover) in Glasgow today, but strangely there has been no comment so far from our ‘banking…

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Posted by Jonty Rhodes in Hot Money | November 19, 2008 11:48AM | 2 Comments »


Say Goodbye to Low Hanging Fruit as US Bailout Hits the Wall

It was bound to happen eventually – the US bailout plan, following another massive hit from black-hole insurer AIG (who requested another $40 billion from…

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Posted by Daniel Stacey in Hot Money | November 12, 2008 10:59AM | 1 Comment »


HBOS Board Trampled Underfoot By Mighty Black Horse

Just two out of 11 senior roles in the new Lloyds/HBOS superbank will be filled by HBOS execs, while the board will be exclusively Lloyds,…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | October 31, 2008 1:44PM | 2 Comments »