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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 American bank failures by Judith Stein and Biodun Iginla, Financial Analysts for BBC News and the Economist Oct 26th 2009 From Economist.com Smaller American banks are now at the centre of the credit storm Shutterstock PARTNERS...
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At the end of a week of information overload from Britain's big banks, what have we learned? You know it is an unusual week when a press office calls to say that a figure you are using is not as bad as it should be. That was just what happened with one...
Tags: Lloyds Banking Group, lloyds banks, banks group, bad debts, credit crunch
THE Bank of England will this week downgrade its growth forecast for the year, pushing it even further below chancellor Alistair Darling’s prediction of a 3.5% contraction, and predict that inflation will remain low for the next two to three years.
Tags: Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS, THE Bank of England, credit crunch, Britain
Far from tightening their belts as their spending power shrinks, people struggling to pay household bills have an increased risk of becoming fat or obese during the financial crisis, researchers said. A study of more than 9,000 people found links between...
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Lehman collapse level The Tel Aviv 25 Index has gained 11% in the past month, and 58% since its low point in November 2008. Friday's gains on Wall Street and in Asian and European markets...The Tel Aviv 25 Index is back at its level of September 14, 2008,...
Tags: Bank of Israel, exchange rate, article continues, NIS, Channel, business activity, Israel Securities Authority, credit crunch, ITL, Brunstein
The group, which includes economists and constitutional experts, explains that although the protagonists were “bright”, they failed to see the bigger picture.
The global population of “ultra high net worth individuals” – defined as those with at least $30m to invest – shrank by nearly 25 per cent in 2008, according to the latest World Wealth Report produced by Merrill Lynch and Capgemini.
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Branson plans launch of Virgin internet bank Richard Branson is to launch an internet bank in a move designed to exploit public disgust with Britain's big banks in the wake of the credit crunch . Branson follows Tesco , which is also planning to capitalise...
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A surprise 25 per cent increase in personal theft and a rise in domestic burglary in crime figures published today suggest that the recession is driving up acquisitive offending. The figures, the first to be released by the Office of National Statistics...
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A prestigious independent school that is nearly 300 years old will be forced to shut because of the credit crunch, leaving parents scrambling to find places elsewhere for their children. St David’s Girls’ School, in Ashford, Middlesex, is the largest...
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