Posts Tagged ‘royal-bank’

PM ‘didn’t push for Goodwin move’

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

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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PM ‘didn’t push for Goodwin move’

UK ‘in RBS talks with Abu Dhabi’

Monday, March 26th, 2012

The government is in talks to sell up to a third of its stake in Royal Bank of Scotland to Abu Dhabi, the BBC learns.

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UK ‘in RBS talks with Abu Dhabi’

Cable calls for RBS to be split

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Vince Cable says he would like to see Royal Bank of Scotland turned into a new bank for British businesses, a leaked letter shows.

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RBS bank’s loss doubles in 2011

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

State-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland reports a loss of £2bn in 2011, its fourth year of losses since the bank’s bailout in 2008.

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RBS boss calls for pay correction

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

The chairman of 82% taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) says banker pay has been “high for too long” and needs to be corrected.

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Outrage at RBS boss’s bonus deal

Friday, January 27th, 2012

A £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester is strongly criticised by politicians and unions.

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Miliband: Fred’s ‘Sir’ should go

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Labour leader Ed Miliband says that, in retrospect, it was “clearly wrong” for former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Fred Goodwin to be knighted.

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RBS to cut 3,500 jobs in shake-up

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

The Royal Bank of Scotland says it is to cut 3,500 jobs in the UK and elsewhere as it shrinks its investment bank.

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FSA ‘to admit to bank failings’

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

The UK’s financial regulator will criticise its own role in a report into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland, the BBC learns.

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RBS bank profits rebound to £2bn

Friday, November 4th, 2011

Royal Bank of Scotland reports pre-tax profit of £2bn in the three months to 30 September, but warns of difficult economic times.

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RBS bank profits rebound to £2bn

RBS investment bank plays Scrooge

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Royal Bank of Scotland says it will not subsidise investment bankers’ Christmas parties or buy them new Blackberrys.

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Fitch downgrades UK bank ratings

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Ratings agency Fitch downgrades the credit ratings of two UK banks, Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland.

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Banks up on regulation fightback

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Shares in UK banks, led by Royal Bank of Scotland, bounce in early trading as business lobbyists criticise new regulations.

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RBS cutting customers’ ATM access

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Royal Bank of Scotland is to stop nearly one million account holders from using cash machines owned by its rivals.

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RBS cutting customers’ ATM access

City watchdog in talks on Goodwin

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

The Financial Services Authority is in talks with the Royal Bank of Scotland over an affair its ex-boss is alleged to have had with a senior colleague.

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