Arts Alerts (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
News Alert 2 December 2009 Company: Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS:LSE) Frequency: Immediately December 02, 11:25am FTSE 100 held back by banks London equities eased back on Wednesday, with strength in the mining sector countered by losses among bankssector on talk of slowing revenue. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e1b42efe-df0e-11de-be8e-00144feab49a.html © THE FINANCIAL...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
A PROTESTER who tried to set fire to Royal Bank of Scotland's London headquarters during the G20 riots was jailed for two years yesterday.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
MILAN, Nov 12 (Reuters) - An Italian prosecutor asked on Thursday that four foreign banks and 13 people be tried for aggravated fraud over derivatives from a 1.68 billion euro ($2.52 billion) bond issued by the city of Milan, a court source said.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
BRITAIN'S financial regulator slapped an £8 million fine on Swiss banking giant UBS yesterday for failing to stop former employees making unauthorised trades with customer
ataxingmatter (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... systems are more invested in Dubai than the US, from first reports. UK banks--Barclay's, Lloyds, Bank of London, HSBC-- saw a quick $14 billion get wiped out. Dubai in Deep Water as Ripples from Debt Crisis Spread , TimesOnlineUK (Nov. 27,2009). Maybe banks should start paying a little more attention to what they are lending to support? Dubai has built an empire on shifting sand, out of...
GeekMedia (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... section of the Foursquare site, so far the list in the UK looks like this: + Bea's of Bloomsbury (London, UK) + Dose Espresso (London, UK) + Hummus Bros - Holborn (Camden Town, Greater London) + Hummus Bros. (London, UK) + Kaffeine (London, UK) + Paul A Young Fine Chocolates - Bank (London, UK) + Paul A Young Fine Chocolates - Islington (London,...
Bloomberg (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- A former client adviser at UBS AG was banned and fined 35,000 pounds ($58,000) by Britain’s financial regulator for his part in unauthorized trades that led to the bank receiving an 8 million-pound fine last week.
Forbes (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
European Central Bank LONDON -- After five consecutive quarters of economic contraction, the euro zone economy finally grew by 0.4% in the third quarter to mark the region's exit from the worst recession since World War II. Leading stocks in Europe were trading flat and the euro was up slightly against the dollar following the data, which was lower than the 0.5% growth expected by economists....
Elizabeth Robillard (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Forum for Stable Currencies Advocating Economic Democracy through Freedom from National Debt Convenor: Lord Sudeley FSA; Host: Lord Ahmed; Chairman: Austin Mitchell MP Sponsors: James Gibb Stuart, Ossian Publishers; Barbara A. Panvel, New Era Coalition Organiser: Sabine K McNeill, Director, 3D Metrics; Facilitator: Brad Meyer, Collaboration Ltd 30 October 2009 Mervyn King, Esq. Governor Bank...
Poetry & Popular Culture (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
In his essay "Business and Poetry," Dana Gioia wonders why "[t]here have been many important American poets who supported themselves—either by necessity or choice—by working in business, but none of them has seen it as an experience fit to write about." T.S. Eliot didn't write about Lloyd's Bank of London. Wallace Stevens didn't write much about insurance. A.R....
Tomato Eddie (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Once upon a time on a chilly morning of yesterday, a group of BND media students went on a quest to arrive at South Bank, London to explore Tate modern museum and the surrounding areas to take photos. After hour or so drive where a prank call to the sex helpline was made, these very [...]
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
LONDON (Reuters) - The financial watchdog dealt a fresh blow to UBS's credibility, fining the Swiss bank 8.0 million pounds for unauthorised trades by London-based employees.
