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<title><![CDATA[Counting the cost of toxic debts, flawed fundraising and government bail-outs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[RBSChairman designate Philip Hampton, 55Government stake 68%Oct bail-out &pound;20bnThe bank yesterday said it would have a record loss for 2008 of &pound;28bn, including &pound;8bn of credit crunch write-downs and up to &pound;20bn of goodwill write-downs...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027112841&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/20/banking-rbs-hbos-barclays]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Three bids for Gatwick airport]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The airports operator BAA is understood to have received at least three bids for Gatwick airport by today's deadline for initial offers, but the final line-up could be longer.Global Infrastructure Partners, the joint venture between General Electric and Cr...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027114936&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/19/three-bids-for-gatwick]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:13:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Do Clarke and Osborne agree on anything?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Will George Osborne and Ken Clarke see eye to eye on the big economic issues? So far, the record has been decidedly patchy. Indeed, in recent years it is hard to find anything they agree on. Most people focus on Clarke&#8217;s cheerleading on Europe and hi...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027111649&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ft/westminster/~3/516925354/]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pearson says results will beat forecasts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pearson, owner of the Financial Times and Penguin, bucked the gloomy trend in the media sector today with a forecast that its annual results would beat the City's expectations.But the company, which has introduced a three-day week and cut jobs at the FT to...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=591302711327&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/19/pearson-bucks-trend]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:52:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scandal as $350m Florida hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel goes missing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The disappearance of a Florida hedge fund manager has raised the possibility of another Madoff-style scandal in the United States, with fears mounting that an estimated $350m (£242m) of investments may have evaporated.Police in Sarasota, a city of 52,000 p...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027117804&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/19/sarasota-financial-scandal]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:31:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What the reshuffle tells us]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What did he mean by that?   The fact that Mr Smudge has swopped jobs with Mr Mudge may matter very little to people outside the Westminster village, but reshuffles do tell us a great deal about how a party leader sees his strengths, his weaknesses and the ...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027116225&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2009/01/what_the_reshuf.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Collapse of confidence in banks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As I said this morning, this is not a bank rescue plan. But if it had been, it would have failed miserably.  Barclays' share price has fallen again today. At the current price of 90p, this bank's entire market value is £7.5bn. And remember, this is a bank ...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027112940&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2009/01/collapse_of_confidence_in_bank.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Start the presses?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A politically explosive economic policy was smuggled into the bank bailout today. With little fanfare, the Bank of England was given a green light to start printing money, should it deign it necessary to do so. Welcome to the world of &#8220;quantitative e...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027112126&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ft/westminster/~3/516579561/]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Consumers still splurging on furry friends]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shoppers may be holding back spending on themselves as the economy goes into recession but they are apparently still willing to splurge on their furry friends.The nation's largest retailer of pet products, Pets at Home, said today that it experienced stron...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027116092&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/19/pets-at-home-sales-boost]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:28:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[''The domestic UK banks are technically insolvent..'']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This blog asked yesterday morning whether Gordon Brown really meant what he said when he demanded that banks should quantify all of their toxic loans. A research note put out on Friday by analysts - at RBS, ironically - points out that &#8220;the domestic ...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027111860&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bleak news on ''Blue Monday'']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Another Monday morning, another government bail out of the banking system. This one is taking place, appropriately enough, on ''Blue Monday', apparently the most depressing day of the year, as Christmas credit card bills roll in and New Year's resolutions ...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027119082&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/dailypolitics/andrewneil/2009/01/bleak_news_on_blue_monday.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rescuing the economy, not banks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Our big banks aren't bust. They were recapitalised in the autumn - with £50bn of cash from taxpayers and external investors - and they remain solvent.    And if you wish to ring up the Financial Services Authority, the City watchdog, for assurance on this ...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027118187&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2009/01/rescuing_the_economy_not_banks.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hostile environment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The price that needs to be paid to get the economy moving again or the bill for the age of irresponsibility? You pays your money - and, boy, do you pay your money - and you makes your choice.   Those are the competing soundbites to describe the latest gove...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027111992&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2009/01/hostile_environ.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ken Clarke, Clark Kent]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I know, it&#8217;s not quite an anagram&#8230;but I like the idea of Ken Clarke as a pot-bellied, cigar-smoking superman come to save the Tories from their credit crunch-induced sense of drift. And yes, you read it here first - maybe - that the 68-year old...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=591302711924&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The creeping nationalisation of Britain's banks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This morning&#8217;s papers were full of info about the new insurance package which will help out any British bank which accepts the government&#8217;s offer. Here is the story on ft.com. The real news to emerge since then is the fact that banks will be ab...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027117128&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bat out of hell]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[He's back. The man the public backed to be Tory leader in 1997, 2001 and 2005 but his party rejected.  Ken Clarke is to take on the Cabinet's re-tread Peter Mandelson as Shadow Business Secretary.  The deal was done over a lunch of meatloaf at George Osbor...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027119987&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2009/01/bat_out_of_hell.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Private equity firm CVC considers Royal Mail bid]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Union leaders and MPs have reacted angrily after it emerged that the private equity group CVC is considering a bid for a minority stake in Royal Mail.CVC, which has stakes in three European postal services, is at the early stages of working on a bid. Its o...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027116955&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>News widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/18/royal-mail-private-equity]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:46:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Where has the £5bn in RBS preference shares gone?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a maths puzzle to test the most numerate of readers. Taxpayers put £5bn into RBS in the form of preference shares in October. The bank now has a market capitalisation of £13.7bn (as of Friday night). The government is tomorrow expected to swap...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027119051&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Do as we say, not as we do]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Audit Commission has downgraded the ratings of five local authorities for the sin of putting some of their money in Iceland. As you may remember from this blog, the commission itself was forced to admit - at about the same time - that it had been keepi...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027113271&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>RSS widgets</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS feeds</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lend, lend, lend]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A dizzying number of banking initiatives is likely be announced by the Treasury tomorrow morning.   But they'll all have two things in common.    They are designed to improve the supply of credit to the economy, to prevent this recession turning into somet...<img src="http://www.feedzilla.com/tools/t.asp?rd=5913027111949&cat=business&cat2=business%2D%2Duk%2Dnews" width="1" height="1"> <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/rss.asp'>RSS news feeds</a> and <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/free_news_widgets.asp'>Widgets</a> on <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Feedzilla.com</a> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2009/01/lend_lend_lend.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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