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Competing cheques and balances

No wonder RBS is worried. Barclays and Lloyds are boosting salaries and offering bonuses

Crash, bang, wallop, what a picture . . .

Manchester law firm that specialises in personal injury claims, has developed a handy application for the iPhone

Law shows UK banks were wrong on Dubai World

The Times has obtained a copy of the law and it clearly states the emirate will not back the state-owned company’s debts

BGC man asked Tullett brokers for information

Tony Verrier of BGC Partners told the High Court that he asked two Tullett brokers to provide confidential information

Truth can be fatal for officials and bankers

What comes across in the report is the desperate desire by the two groups to keep the true extent of the crisis hidden

‘Failed’ bank executives set for £1.5bn in bonuses

Treasury appears ready to accept payment of substantial bonuses to bankers at Royal Bank of Scotland in a row over pay

Treasury pays City firms £107m for advice

Slaughter and May and Credit Suisse are the biggest financial winners in the Government’s rescue of Northern Rock and RBS

Osman Shahenshah of Afren

Company founded in 2004 with £1million borrowed from friends and family now has stock market value of £798 million

£846bn - taxpayer's burden after bailouts

The Government said that RBS was ‘reasonably strong’ less than one week before it was rescued with a £37 billion loan

Sir John Gieve joins hedge fund

Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England who was in charge of financial stability is to become a senior adviser at GLG

Bank starts selling corporate bonds

The Bank said it hoped to boost liquidity in the corporate bond market by selling, as well as buying, corporate bonds

Lloyds cuts staff pensions and hands out bonuses

Lloyds is to water down pension benefits for 56,000 staff, while handing out £2.4m in bonuses to senior managers

Defiant banks pay millions in bonuses

Fresh row as 200 executives at Lloyds, the partly state-owned bank, to receive payments worth up to 80 per cent of salaries

Abu Dhabi set to buy expensive Citigroup shares

United Arab Emirates, still reeling from Dubai debt saga, face more embarrassment as a result of a 2007 bailout deal

Harman condemns 'reckless' RBS board over bonuses

Leader of the Commons attacks bank which wants to pay out £1.5 billion in bonuses against wishes of the Treasury

Mandelson wades into row over RBS bonuses

Business Secretary calls for all banks to show restraint over bonuses, and warns against singling out RBS to limit rewards

British ‘mules’ launder stolen millions

Sophisticated adverts and fake contracts lure the unwary and the desperate into illegal activities organised by Russian criminals

Malware, nic and hack - the world of web crime

Online crime is dominated by specialist forums and restricted-access chatrooms where expertise is for hire

City hits back after Sarkozy comments

British Bankers’ Association accuses French President of undermining independence of commissioner for single markets

Collective action will ensure prosperity for Europe

Commissioner Barnier must resist being influenced and deliver reforms that benefit the European Union as a whole