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Barclays raises bosses’ payouts as staff face dole

By Ian Fraser Published: Daily Record Date: 12 February 2014 Most bank chief executives, when describing the need to rebuild their institutions, restore profitability and regain people’s trust in the wake of the global financial crisis, have a habit of spouting meaningless platitudes. At first the Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins, installed after the Libor […]

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£1bn plan to double output of Scotland’s ‘Hollow Mountain’

By Ian Fraser Published: The Herald Date: 11 February 2014 Up to 1000 jobs could be created as part of a £1 billion plan to double the amount of electricity that can be produced from a hydroelectric scheme half a mile underneath a Scottish mountain. The Cruachan pumped storage facility on Ben Cruachan, east of […]

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