Warren Buffett: failed bank CEOs must be made to feel more pain
Legendary Omaha-based investor Warren Buffett often uses his annual letter to shareholders in Berkshire Hathaway group, where he is chairman […]
2010
Goldman’s reputational issues are more than skin deep
Goldman Sachs likes to think of itself as being so smart it is invincible but the truth is somewhat different. The
Why HBOS’s Cummings should hand back his rewards for failure
PETER Cummings, former head of corporate lending at HBOS, is the archetypal ‘fat bloke’ banker. He was handed an astonishing
Skulking in Gresham Street
Lloyds Banking Group, AKA “the most hated bank in Britain“, today unveiled higher-than-expected annual losses of £6.3 billion. The Gresham
Is the FSA finally getting serious about HBOS wrongdoing?
Jo Dawson and Dan Watkins, the two senior executives who resigned from Lloyds Banking Group on 5 February 2010, were
Adam & Company board cleared out as Royal Bank takes control
The Royal Bank of Scotland has seized operational and boardroom control of subsidiary Adam & Company and purged the private
Danny the champion of the world
This video of Danny MacAskill doing stunt cycling in Edinburgh was first released in April 2009 and first put on
Richard Curtis and Bill Nighy’s brilliant FTT idea
In this short video made by Richard Curtis, actor Bill Nighy plays a complacent banker who squirms at suggestions banks
AIG = Arrogance Ignorance & Greed
Just heard this track from Show of Hands on Radio 4’s ‘Midweek’ with Francine Stock. The West Country ‘acoustic roots’
Obama grasps nettle of “too big to fail” banks
Believe it or not, I have some sympathy for the politicians who are having to sort out the widespread problems
Eric Daniels insists HBOS disclosures were “thorough”
Eric Daniels believes Lloyds’ disclosures relating to its HBOS takeover were “thorough” and “accurate”. So why no mention of £25bn
Developments ‘paralysed’ as bankers dither over selling sites
SCOTLAND’S banks are sitting on hundreds of millions of pounds worth of hidden toxic debt from property loans that are