Markets: Life insurers weigh on FTSE 100 Interactive Investor 13:48 – General Motors has reportedly emerged from bankruptcy after 40 days. US media says that the beleaguered car manufacturer and the US Government …

Business in brief: Iceland and IMF; Debt at ABC; Chalco Times Online, UK - 2 hours ago (Rory Watson) ABC Learning Centres, the Australian childcare operator that owns the Busy Bees nursery and childcare payments businesses in the UK , …
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Time to look at bonds but keep an eye on our heroes Financial Times, UK - 1 hour ago The bankruptcy of so many banks during the 1930s encouraged the politicians to de-risk the sector. For more than 40 years, the banking sector grew modestly, …

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Barclays slides on Moody's downgrade Times Online, UK - 1 hour ago In the FTSE 250 Candover Investments was down 9 per cent amid worries about how much it would be liable for the potential bankruptcy of yacht maker Ferretti …

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RTE.ie FUND VIEW-BoE should let UK banks fend for themselves -Solent guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago US financial authorities made the right move over the weekend in refusing to provide the financing to keep Lehman Brothers from seeking bankruptcy … Still hanging on one year later Scotland on Sunday Tough-Lovin' Hank Paulson – Monday 15 [...]

Barclays’ US swoop is backed by market Financial Times, UK - 4 hours ago … the UK lenders’ opportunistic deal while staff in Lehman’s European businesses expressed anger about being cut adrift in the bank’s bankruptcy . …

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