Telegraph
RBS faces $100m action after trader caught lying
Royal Bank of Scotland is facing a $100m (£64m) court battle in America over allegations it lied to clients and committed fraud.
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WSJ
RBC, TD Profits Climb, but Divergence Appears in U.S.
Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank posted higher second-quarter profits, yet the latest results reveal a growing disparity in their earnings mix thanks to their approaches south of the border.
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Reuters
UPDATE 1-Royal Bank of Canada profit falls on M&A loss
May 24 (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Canada reported a 7
percent decline in quarterly earnings as an acquisition-related
loss obscured strength in its domestic banking and capital
markets-related...
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BBC
PM 'didn't push for Goodwin move'
David Cameron did not intervene to strip former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Fred Goodwin of his knighthood, the key official involved in the decision tells MPs.
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FT
SEC move set to boost covered bonds in US
The US regulator is to allow Royal Bank of Canada to sell covered bonds into the US market as a normal public offering of securities
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
RBC among bidders for Bank of America wealth units: report
Reuters says Royal Bank, Credit Suisse looking to buy division in deal likely worth about $2-billion
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Reuters
RBC, Credit Suisse among bidders for BofA wealth units: sources
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Canada and Credit Suisse are among suitors who have put in initial bids to buy the non-U.S. wealth management business of Bank of America in a deal that could be worth about $2 billion, sources said.
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Les Echos
Plusieurs offres pour la gestion de fortune hors-USA de BofA-sces
Credit Suisse et Royal Bank of Canada font partie d'une liste de groupes ayant déposé des offres pour la reprise des activités de gestion de fortune non-américaines de Bank of America valorisées autour de 2 milliards de dollars, a-t-on appris jeudi de sources proches de la situation. Julius Baer,...
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The Guardian
2800 Clinton Cards employees set to lose jobs as closures announced
Decision to close 350 stores taken because retailer's 784 store estate is 'untenable', say administratorsAbout 2800 shop workers are set to lose their jobs after the administrators of Clinton Cards announced plans to shut its Birthdays chain.The retailer's 784 store estate was "untenable", said administrators Zolfo Cooper, who will start the process of closing 350 outlets on Monday. The stores ...
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Hoy
Acuerdo para prevenir futuras crisis financieras
La UE cerró ayer un acuerdo decisivo para intentar que en el futuro los bancos no necesiten ayudas públicas por el impacto de una crisis. Tras una larga negociación, los Veintisiete consensuaron los nuevos requisitos de capital que deberán cumplir las entidades en los próximos años. La modificación clave es que tendrán que aumentar desde el 2% hasta el 4,5% los colchones considerados de máxima ...
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Daily Mail
ALEX BRUMMER: Life support for zombie banks Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds
What is clear is lifting the heavy hand of government off RBS and Lloyds is essential if these two behemoths are to play a proper role in financing recovery, irrespective of the bleating by UK fund managers.
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Les Echos
L'économiste Jacques Cailloux va rejoindre la banque Nomura
L'économiste Jacques Cailloux va rejoindre la banque Nomura au début de l'été, selon nos informations. Il a quitté il y a trois semaines Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), où il était entré en 2006, comme chef économiste chargé de l'Europe. Jacques Cailloux est âgé de quarante ans et a obtenu un...Articles en rapportLa roupie indienne a perdu 1 %, à 54 roupies pour...La Bourse d'Athènes a chuté de 4...
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Irish Times
Directors of former RBS firm share $6.7m in payments
Eight directors of Royal Bank of Scotland’s former Dublin-based aviation leasing business shared a pot of $6.7 million (€5.1 million) in salaries, bonuses and pension payments last year, new figures show.
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Daily Mail
RBS boss: Life is not about money (and this from a man who pockets £1.2m a year)
Royal Bank of Scotland chief Stephen Hester who nearly quit over a bonus dispute told school children that 'life is about doing things that make you feel valuable'.
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ElPais
Errores de cálculo del Gobierno holandés
La nacionalización de Fortis costó 16.800 millones de euros y el rescate a ING necesitó una inyección de capital de 10.000 millones de euros
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Daily Telegraph
CBA executive McEwan resigns
THE Commonwealth Bank's retail banking services group executive Ross McEwan has resigned to take up a senior role with the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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euronews
Royal Bank of Scotland se dit sur le chemin de la reprise
La banque publique britannique Royal Bank of Scotland affirme être sur le chemin de la croissance après un profit trimestriel meilleur que prévu. Par…
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FTD
Quartalszahlen: Royal Bank of Scotland gibt Staatsgarantien zurück
Die britische Bank bleibt aber mehrheitlich in Staatsbesitz. Operativ meldet das Institut erhebliche Fortschritte. Sonderbelastungen drücken das Ergebnis dennoch tief ins Minus.
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Handelsblatt
Milliardengewinn: Royal Bank of Scotland erholt sich rasch
Die Royal Bank of Scotland hat es trotz der labilen Wirtschaftlage zurück in die Gewinnzone geschafft. Das verstaatlichte Geldhaus erholt sich weit schneller, als von Analysten erwartet.
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NZZ
Royal Bank of Scotland überrascht mit Milliardengewinn
Verstaatlichte Bank macht rasche Fortschritte
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AP
RBS loss widens but CEO claims progress
LONDON (AP) -- Part-nationalized Royal Bank of Scotland achieved some milestones in its recovery in the first quarter, its chief executive said Friday as the bank reported another big loss....
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Irish Times
Losses narrow at Ulster Bank
Royal Bank of Scotland, the biggest British government-owned lender, said today Ulster Bank’s operating loss narrowed to £310 million (€382 million) in the first quarter as loan impairment charges declined from a year earlier.
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Le Point
La Royal Bank of Scotland va rembourser ses prêts la semaine prochaine
La Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), secourue en 2008 par l'Etat britannique,...
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APA-OTS
Royal Bank of Canada wird vollständiger eigentümer von RBC Dexia investor services
Toronto (ots/PRNewswire) -
Stärkere Nutzung eines starken, soliden Geschäfts mit weltweiten
institutionellen Kunden und weitere Diversifizierung des
Ergebnismixes
Die Royal Bank of Canada (RY auf TSX und NYSE) gab heute den
Abschluss einer Vereinbarung über den Erwerb des noch …
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MarketWatch
Royal Bank of Canada paying C$1.1 bln for unit
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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WirtschaftsWoche
Futures-Handel: Royal Bank of Canada in den USA angeklagt
Die Royal Bank of Canada ist ins Visier der US-Aufsicht geraten. Die Aufsicht wirft der Bank vor, ein illegales Handelssystem zugelassen und koordiniert zu haben. Die Bank wies die Vorwürfe als „absurd“ zurück.
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BBC
CIMB buys RBS' Asia-Pacific units
CIMB says it will acquire most of Royal Bank of Scotland's Asia-Pacific units in a deal worth 431.8m Malaysian ringgit ($141m; £88m).
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Fortune
U.S. regulator sues Royal Bank of Canada
The Royal Bank of Canada illegally traded hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stock futures with two of its subsidiaries to avoid Canadian taxes, a U.S. regulator charged Monday.
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Reuters
Malaysia's CIMB buys RBS units to expand Asian footprint
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's No.2 lender, CIMB Group Holdings Bhd , said on Monday it is paying $140 million for some Asian units of Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (RBS) to expand its footprint...
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manager magazin
Verstaatlichte Bank: Abu Dhabi liebäugelt mit RBS
Nach dem Einstieg bei Barclays hat das Emirat Abu Dhabi offenbar ein Auge auf die zum großen Teil verstaatlichte Royal Bank of Scotland geworfen. Das trieb die RBS-Aktie - obwohl ein Deal noch nicht absehbar ist.
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The Sun
Abu Dhabi could buy RBS stake at cut price
THE GOVERNMENT is in talks to sell a stake in Royal Bank of Scotland to Abu Dhabi, it was claimed last night
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DerSpiegel
Britische Großbank: England erwägt Teilverkauf der RBS an Abu Dhabi
Es geht um bis zu einem Drittel des staatlichen Anteils: Großbritannien spricht einem BBC-Bericht zufolge mit Investoren über einen Teilverkauf der Royal Bank of Scotland. Das Geschäft solle sich für die Steuerzahler lohnen - dabei droht bei dem Deal die Hälfte des Einkaufswerts verloren zu gehen.
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Times of India
UK in talks to sell part of Royal Bank of Scotland stake to Abu Dhabi: Report
Britain is in advanced talks to sell up to a third of its holding in Royal Bank of Scotland to Abu Dhabi investors, the BBC reported on Monday.
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The New Yorker
Lauren Collins: How the Daily Mail conquered England.
On Thursday, January 19th, the front page of the Daily Mail carried a story about Sir Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland. During Goodwin’s tenure, from 2000 to 2008, R.B.S. quadrupled its assets, became the fifth-largest bank in the world, and . . .
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WSJ
La libra observa el acto de equilibrismo de Osborne
Según analistas de Royal Bank of Scotland, se espera que el presupuesto sea un ejercicio en consolidación a mediano plazo, no un cambio radical de política.
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Daily Mail
Darling £20,000 for speech to bankers about his time as chancellor
The former Chancellor spoke about his time at the helm of the Treasury during the recession of 2008, and even gave anecdotes about the near-collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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New York Times
DealBook: Government's Role in British Bank Creates Uneasy Alliance
When Britain bailed out the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2008, the government promised to remain a passive investor. But some employees and analysts now say the line has blurred.
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siliconindia
Weak Global Growth May Affect India's GDP: RBS
High inflation and weak global growth may pull down India's GDP to around 6.7 percent in 2012, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has said.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Banks hit by global volatility
Royal Bank and TD capital markets divisions post significant declines in profit
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THE AUSTRALIAN
CIMB buys RBS Asia businesses
CIMB, the Malaysian bank, signed a preliminary agreement with Royal Bank of Scotland to buy some of the UK bank's Asian assets.
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La Voix du Nord
L´Etat britannique pas près de récupérer sa mise chez RBS et Lloyds en pertes
Les banques Lloyds et Royal Bank of Scotland ont encore enregistré des milliards de livres de pertes l'an dernier, si bien que l'Etat britannique n'est pas prêt de récupérer les sommes colossales qu'il a été contraint d'investir pour les sauver durant la crise financière.histoires liéesLe moral des ménages remonte très légèrement en févrierLa Bourse de Paris en timide hausse après trois jours s...
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China Daily
RBS launches new China Desk in London
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc on Thursday announced the launch of a new China Desk in London to facilitate companies in Chinese mainland to expand their business internationally.
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China Daily
RBS launches China Desk in London
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) on Thursday announced the launch of a new China Desk in London.
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Daily Mail
RBS chairman Sir Philip Hampton: Bankers' pay is too high and must be 'corrected'
Royal Bank of Scotland chairman Sir Philip Hampton (pictured) admitted the bank’s board ‘under-estimated’ the public outrage the payout would provoke.
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FAZ
Royal Bank of Scotland: Der ehemalige Bankchef verliert seinen „Sir“
Dem früheren Chef der Royal Bank of Scotland, Fred Goodwin, ist seine Ritterehre aberkannt worden. Er hatte die Bank an den Rand des Ruins getrieben, sie musste mit 45 Milliarden Pfund vom Staat gerettet werden. Die Entehrung stößt aber auf Kritik.
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sueddeutsche
Großbritannien entzieht Banker Goodwin Ehrentitel: Schwarzer Ritter
Fred Goodwin wurde einst von der Queen zum Ritter ernannt. Dann verspielte er als Chef der Royal Bank of Scotland Milliarden, kassierte selbst Millionen und wurde zum Gesicht einer verantwortungslosen Finanzbranche. Jetzt ist er seinen Ehrentitel los.
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NEWS.au.com
Former bank boss stripped of knighthood
THE former Royal Bank of Scotland chief who led the bank to near-collapse has been sripped of his knighthood.
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Reuters
Britain strips ex-RBS boss Goodwin of knighthood
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain stripped the former head of Royal Bank of Scotland of his knighthood Tuesday, putting a banker reviled by tabloids as "Fred the Shred" alongside Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and Romania's Nicolae Ceausescu as those who lost the high honor.
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Le Figaro
L'ex-patron de la banque RBS déchu de son titre de noblesse
Pour avoir conduit la Royal Bank of Scotland à la faillite et contribué à plonger le Royaume-Uni dans la récession, Fred Goodwin n'est désormais plus «Sir Fred». Une décision rarissime.Articles en rapportForcing à l'ONU pour rallier la Russie sur la question syrienneL'ambassadeur US dans le viseur de MoscouSyrie : Juppé dénonce un «silence scandaleux»Une vague de froid sibérien s'étend sur l'Eu...
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news.com.au
Fred the Shred stripped of knighthood
FORMER Royal Bank of Scotland chief Fred Goodwin, who led the bank into near collapse, has been stripped of his knighthood.
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Telegraph
Who's next in line for ritual humiliation?
Telegraph View: Former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Fred Goodwin has committed no crime so he should not have been stripped of his knighthood.
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FOCUS
Früherer RBS-Chef - Fred Goodwin ist kein Ritter mehr
Fred Goodwin, der ehemalige Vorstandschef der Royal Bank of Scotland, darf sich nicht mehr mit "Sir" anreden lassen. Die Queen hat ihm den Rittertitel aberkannt. Eine solche Maßnahme hat bisher meist Verbrecher oder Diktatoren getroffen.Mehr zum ThemaTourpremiere fällt aus - Udo Jürgens sagt vier Konzerte abRudi Assauer an Alzheimer erkrankt - „Diese Krankheit kriegst Du nicht in den Griff“Meth...
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USA Today
Former RBS chief stripped of knighthood
Fred Goodwin, the former chief of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has been stripped of his knighthood in the wake of the bank's near collapse in ...
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Telegraph
Fred Goodwin stripped of knighthood: reaction - for and against
Fred Goodwin was stripped of his knighthood after being heavily criticised over his role in the near collapse of Royal Bank of Scotland. Here is a round up of the reaction:
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Huffington Post
Fred Goodwin, Ex-RBS CEO, Stripped Of UK Knighthood
LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Britain took the rare step of stripping former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Fred Goodwin of his knighthood, following intense criticism of his role in RBS' near-collapse during the 2008 credit crisis, and public anger towards wealthy bankers. "The failure of RBS played an important role in the financial crisis of 2008-9 which, together with other m...
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Krone
Demütigung: Ex-Bankenchef "Sir Fred" nur noch Fred
Sein Nachfolger muss auf seinen Millionen-Bonus verzichten, ihm wird gleich die Ritterehre aberkannt. Fred Goodwin (Bild), Ex-Vorstandschef der - mittlerweile verstaatlichten - britischen Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), darf sich künftig nicht mehr als "Sir" ansprechen lassen. Eine schwere Demütigung, wird doch der Ritterschlag nur in seltenen Ausnahmefällen, etwa bei Schwerverbrechern, zurückgen...
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AP
Ex-RBS CEO Fred Goodwin stripped of knighthood
LONDON (AP) -- Former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Fred Goodwin, who led the bank into near collapse, has been stripped of his knighthood, the British government said Tuesday....
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CNN
Ex-UK bank boss stripped of knighthood
The former boss of Royal Bank of Scotland, Fred Goodwin, is to be stripped of his knighthood, the British government said Tuesday, a move that comes amid wide anger in Britain over bankers' bonuses.
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Irish Times
Goodwin stripped of knighthood
Former Royal Bank of Scotland Fred Goodwin has had his knighthood removed, it was announced today.
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WSJ
RBS Bonus Sacrifice May Have Unintended Victims
The successful campaign to force Royal Bank of Scotland's boss to give up the $1.57 million share award to which he was entitled takes the U.K. row over bank bonuses to a new level and may have real-world consequences.
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FAZ
Royal Bank of Scotland: Ein Bonus als Malus
Querelen in London: Erstmals haben sich Spitzenangestellte einer Bank gezwungen gesehen, auf millionenschwere Bonuszahlungen zu verzichten. Die öffentliche Empörung war zu groß.
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ARD
RBS-Chef verzichtet auf Millionen-Bonus
Erleichterung allenthalben: Nach tagelangen Diskussionen hat der Chef der verstaatlichten Royal Bank of Scotland, Hester, den Verzicht auf seinen Bonus von einer Million Pfund erklärt. Der britische Arbeitsminister Duncan Smith sieht das als Beweis für das Ende der übertriebenen Boni.
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Irish Times
RBS chief waives £1 million bonus
The chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland has decided to waive a bonus worth almost a million pounds, the bank said yesterday, after the handout angered the British public who are bearing the brunt of government austerity measures.
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Le Figaro
Le patron de RBS renonce à son bonus
Face à la pression politique, Stephen Hester, patron de Royal Bank of Scotland, renonce à toucher sa prime de 1 million de livres.
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DieZeit
Banken: RBS-Chef beugt sich Druck und verzichtet auf Bonus
London (dpa) - Der Chef der zum größten Teil verstaatlichten Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) hat sich dem Druck aus Politik und Öffentlichkeit gebeugt und auf seinen Millionenbonus verzichtet.
St...
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euronews
Les dirigeants de la banque RBS renoncent à leur bonus
La pression et la polémique les ont fait plier. Le directeur général de la Royal Bank of Scotland Stephen Hester renonce à son tour à percevoir son…
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Irish Times
UK workers earn £60bn less a year than they did 30 years ago
WORKERS IN the United Kingdom are taking home £60 billion less each year than they did more than 30 years ago, says a Trades Union Congress report, amid mounting anger about the £1m bonus for Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester.
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Irish Times
Cameron left squirming over RBS chief's £1m bonus
Governments change but the Royal Bank of Scotland remains toxic for British politicians, writes MARK HENNESSY, London Editor
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BoingBoing
Bankster might lose his knighthood
Fred "the Shred" Goodwin, an infamous figure in Britain's aristocracy and a symbol of finance industry greed and incompetence, stands to lose his knighthood. Goodwin was knighted for "services to banking," and a few years later presided over the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland, which the British public had to bail out. Goodwin [...]
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Irish Times
Job losses on banks front
THE GREATEST surprise about Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) decision to lay off 950 staff at its Ulster Bank subsidiary is the scale of the proposed job losses on this island. That unwelcome news, together with job losses at Diageo affecting Kilkenny and Dundalk, marks a worrying setback for employment prospects in 2012, just as the Government prepares plans for a jobs initiative.
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Times of India
RBS to cut 3,500 jobs worldwide
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has said it is planning to cut 3,500 jobs across the globe, with most of them to happen this year, a media report said.
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Reuters
RBS ditches investment bank in fresh jobs cull
LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland abandoned ambitions to be a top global investment bank and said it would cut another 4,450 jobs as it bows to pressure from the UK government to shut down risky operations and prepare for tougher international regulations.
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AllThingsDigital
Stymiest Looks to Be "a Lock" for RIM Chair
Sources close to the company say that co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie will soon relinquish their titles as co-chairmen of the board, ceding that position to board member and Royal Bank of Canada exec Barbara Stymiest.
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Barrons
RIM: Jefferies Says Moving Toward Licensing BB Software
Following a report yesterday by Canada’s The Financial Post stating that Research In Motion (RIMM) might strip its two CEOs of their chairman role, Jefferies & Co.’s Peter Misek this morning writes that his own “checks” confirm “RIMM is likely to name Barbara Symiest as chairman.” Misek, who maintains a Hold rating on RIM shares [...]
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Los Angeles Times
RIM co-CEOs reportedly may be out as board chairmen
Research In Motion may reportedly relieve its co-chief executives, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, of their positions as co-chairmen of the company's board of directors.
The move comes amid shareholder pressure calling for new leadership, according to the Financial Post, a Canadian newspaper.
The shareholder pressure is due in large part to a rough 2011 for RIM in which the smartphone and ta...
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Barrons
Bank of America, European Banks, Lead Financials Lower
After pointing higher in pre-market trading, banks slipped in early trading Wednesday, led by large European financial institutions. Although an Italian bond auction proved successful and helped lead stocks higher in pre-market trading, there was also less optimistic news. The European Central bank reported that European banks left record deposits at the ECB overnight, indicating [...]
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FT
Royal Bank of Scotland
Heavy-touch legislation is required to avert another banking disaster
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Zeit
Banken: Auch Regulierungsmängel brachten RBS ins Wanken
London (dpa) - Der Beinahe-Kollaps der Royal Bank of Scotland im Jahr 2008 war durch Managementfehler und eine zu lasche Banken-Regulierung ausgelöst worden. Zu diesem Schluss kommt eine Untersuchung...
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