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• Hampton joins Anglo American board

  Financial Times - 2009-11-09

  Anglo American has appointed Sir Philip Hampton, the new chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland, as a non-executive director in what the South African-based mining group promises will be a shake-up in its boardroom.The appointment of Sir Philip comes less than a week after the state-supported bank accepted a...

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• FTSE Hits One-month Closing Low

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-03

  By Tricia WrightLONDON (Reuters UK) - The top share index fell to its lowest closing level in a month on Tuesday, led down by banks after shake-ups at Royal Bank of Scotland RBS and Lloyds LLOY and poor results from Swiss peer UBS UBSN.The FTSE 100 index closed 67.29...

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• U.K. to Break Up Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds

  BNET - 2009-11-03

  U.K. financial regulators are moving ahead on plans to break up big banks by Alain Sherter

  Tags: Financial, Royal Bank Of Scotland, U.K., Financial Accounting, Finance, Alain Sherter

• Santander Can Bid For RBS Branches - Report

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-01

  LONDON (Reuters UK) - Santander SAN, the euro-zone's largest bank by market value, will be allowed to bid for Royal Bank of Scotland's RBS 312 business-focussed branches under competition rules agreed between Brussels and London, the Financial Times reported on Monday.The government is set to announce a banking overhaul this...

  Tags: Bank, Royal Bank Of Scotland, RBS, Financial Services, Government, Oukbs, Santander

• Weekend Round-Up

  BNET - 2009-09-21

  Several big brands are beefing up their images as competitors steal a march on them: Vodafone's on the marketing offensive as the potential T-Mobile/Orange merger threatens to push it back to third, behind market leader O2. It is revamping its brand message, swapping its old "Make the most of now"...

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• Enterprise Inns drops on fears over rent and beer sales

  BNET - 2009-08-12

  The FTSE 100 rallied for the first time in three days yesterday, but Enterprise Inns came under pressure amid trading and financing concerns. Britain's biggest pubs group lost 3.2 per cent to 157p after rent data led Goldman Sachs to add the stock to its "sell" list. "In light of...

  Tags: valuation, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., broker, Tesco, beer sale, Sinochem Corp., financing concern

• Need to know: Unite joint venture ... SAS job cuts ... Swisscom profits rise ...

  BNET - 2009-08-12

  View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Unemployment: Official data showed that nearly one million young people are out of work as unemployment hit a 14-year high. More than 700,00 18 to 24-year-olds and 206,000 16 to 17-year-olds are jobless. Inflation: Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of...

  Tags: Bank, American International Group Inc., European Commission

• BREAKFAST DEALS: China billion

  BNET - 2009-08-11

  Lunch isn't just for wimps. Check out LUNCH DEALS for more wheels and deals later today. China hasn't completely turned off Australia, with rumours of China Investment Corporation buying a $1 billion convertible note in Fortescue following its investment in Goodman Group. Also, Rio Tinto's Stern Hu is expected to...

  Tags: rumour, Rio Tinto, coal, Westpac Banking Corp.

• BT lifted by its own broker

  BNET - 2009-08-10

  BT Group was in demand yesterday after its joint house broker turned positive for the first time. JPMorgan upgraded BT to "overweight" based on hopes a turnround will allow the telecoms group to lift its dividend. "Broadband and cost cutting are taking centrestage from global IT growth, in our view...

  Tags: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., dividend, broker, Friends Provident Plc., British Telecommunications, Resolution Inc., BT Group Plc.

• EUROPEAN UNION

  - 2009-02-27

  Stock markets Stocks closed higher, snapping a four-day losing streak, as Royal Bank of Scotland boosted a resurgent banking sector. RBS jumped 25.5 per cent after saying it would put 325bn of its assets into Britains APS scheme. UBS, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Socit Gnrale were up...

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