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Times Online (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Sir Philip Hampton, chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland, is being lined up to join the board of Anglo American. An announcement could be made as early as tomorrow.
Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Citigroup's joint chiefs for Europe, Middle East and Africa Bill Mills and Lima-born Alberto Verme hosted a well-attended media party midweek at its...
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
New banks, a breath of fresh air or more of the same? Financial news has this week been dominated by the EU-enforced break-up of Lloyds TSB and Royal Bank of Scotland, which sees these banking heavyweights having to dispose of hundreds of branches.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
TORONTO , Nov 6 (Reuters) - Bank of Nova Scotia said on Friday it reached a partnership deal with China Everbright Bank [EVRBK.UL] that will allow people moving to Canada to open a Scotiabank account while still in China.
News-Insurances (Free subscription) | yesterday
Banking giants Barclays and HSBC should confirm a widening gap in performance with their part-nationalised counterparts when they report third quarter figures on Tuesday. The duo have avoided Government support and the subsequent onerous European Commission penalties that have caused seismic changes at Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland. However, recent half year figures from [...]
Computerworld UK (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Royal Bank of Scotland has said that planned efficiency gains from a technology and process reorganisation are starting to be delivered, as it tumbled to a £2.2 billion loss.
Arts Alerts (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
News Alert 6 November 2009 Company: Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS:LSE) Frequency: Immediately November 06, 9:50pm Changing face of high street banking Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group have been given four years to sell off some of their assets, to comply with European rules on banks receiving state aid. FT Money examines what this will mean for customers. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/572b9432-cb06-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Loren Starr, Chief Financial Officer and Colin Meadows, Chief Administrative Officer of Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) are scheduled to speak at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Banking and Financial Services Conference in New York on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at approximately 8:00 am EST. A copy of the presentation and a link to the live audio Web cast will be available at...
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and other bank behemoths have bulked up over the past year. But they're not the only ones getting bigger these days.
EmailWire.Com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 06, 2009 ) New Delhi, India - According to “Egypt Banking Sector Analysis”, a recent report from RNCOS, when all the major economies of the world are reeling under the pressure of financial crisis, the banking industry in Egypt remains stable, reflecting system\'s relative...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has replaced Goldman Sachs as a key adviser on the $30bn (£18bn) stock market listing of Russian aluminium giant United Company Rusal.
HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Don Surber tells us about the latest scandal involving the Massachusetts congressmen who helped to destroy the housing market: “FOX25 has learned that Congressman Barney Frank was present during a marijuana arrest at James Ready’s home in Ogunquit, Maine. Ready is well-known for his relationship with Congressman Frank,” Fox 25 in Boston reported . Lenny Bruce predicted 50 years ago...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The break-up of Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland, hailed last week as giving greater choice, will instead compel more than five million customers to change bank. People will be forced to switch to a new bank, probably a newcomer to UK banking they may not have heard of.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The back nine Saturday at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai changed names atop the leader board, as Phil Mickelson took the lead at the World Golf Championship.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Early next year, a million Northern Rock savers and up to 200,000 borrowers will get a letter telling them their accounts will in future be with the "good bank" being split from the nationalised lender. The other 300,000 mortgage customers will be branded as "bad bank" clients, possibly because of arrears, but probably because Rock regards them as potentially risky.
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carrolltrust | 04/11/2009
Edward Robinson & Co Liverpool (ERC) have confirmed that ERC has joined forces with Westmore Brennand Chartered Accountants creating a larger firm with five partners and over twenty staff. The new alliance will trade as ERC Edward Robinson & Co "incorporating" Westmore Brennand. Westmore’s Liverpool office has now closed and all staff and operations have relocated to ERC’s Brunswick Business Park offices.
carrolltrust | 03/11/2009
Kingston Smith LLP Chartered Accountants partner Michael Sinclair FCA auditors to the Carroll Foundation Trust's underlying 6 (six) surviving global group structures has confirmed that there is a complete forensic "audit trail lockdown" of the primary fraudulent Carroll Trust structure Carroll Holdings Corporation Ltd on "register" at the HM Government DTI Companies House Section Cardiff UK. The London
carrolltrust | 27/10/2009
The Carroll Foundation Charitable Trust one billion dollars “cross-border” international crime case is bringing in high level law enforcement officers from the FBI Washington DC field office and Scotland Yard Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) in concert with the Essex and Kent Police Forces. HM Revenue & Customs high level compliance offshore section officers are co-ordinating the cross-border
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