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London midday: FTSE 100 stable for now after gains – ShareCast

Proactive Investors UK London midday: FTSE 100 stable for now after gains ShareCast Global banking giant HSBC was higher after revealing that US lender Capital One is the buyer of its card and retail services business in the US. HSBC said its post-tax gain on the sale is estimated to be $2.4bn

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Reasons to be cheerful about Perthshire house prices – Scotland Courier

Scotland Courier Reasons to be cheerful about Perthshire house prices Scotland Courier "Buyers really can explore a range of properties, but for a variety of reasons the market has still not seen a return to the buoyancy which hallmarked the period before the banking crisis kicked-in." Ms Begg said that pressure was on lenders to make ...

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School’s out: why business has a crucial role to play in education – HRmagazine.co.uk

HRmagazine.co.uk School's out: why business has a crucial role to play in education HRmagazine.co.uk Lloyds Banking Group's take on Big Society is a scheme called 'Lloyds Scholars'. This year, under the scheme, the bank is sponsoring 30 high-achieving students from working class backgrounds through the final year of their degrees. ...

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COMPANY SNAPSHOT: HSBC, Dragon Oil, Beacon Hill Resources, Nostra Terra Oil … – Proactive Investors UK

Proactive Investors UK COMPANY SNAPSHOT: HSBC, Dragon Oil, Beacon Hill Resources, Nostra Terra Oil ... Proactive Investors UK Banking group HSBC (LON:HSBA) generated the most interest in the FTSE 100 after agreeing to sell card and retail services business in the United States to Capital One Financial Corp for US$2.6 billion.

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Eluned Parrott: The magic bullet economic strategy has clearly not worked in Wales – WalesOnline

Eluned Parrott: The magic bullet economic strategy has clearly not worked in Wales WalesOnline Last month, the Lloyds Banking Group released figures on the economic growth of each area of the UK between 1998 and 2008. Rather than just measuring how wealthy an area is, these figures show how successful an area has been at expanding its economy ..

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Appointments: Nuclear research centre director role for professor – Yorkshire Post

Appointments: Nuclear research centre director role for professor Yorkshire Post A new private banking partner has been appointed to the expanding team at Yorkshire Bank North Yorkshire Financial Solutions Centre.

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Liverpool office yields are the highest outside London, says report – Liverpool Daily Post

Liverpool office yields are the highest outside London, says report Liverpool Daily Post A notable trend in Liverpool has been the emergence of requirements from the banking sector and professional services firms – Bank of New York and Santander are currently looking for space in Liverpool, and law firm Weightmans is close to signing up ... and more

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British banks suffer as investors flee – Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk British banks suffer as investors flee Telegraph.co.uk Three-month credit default swaps (CDS) on Lloyds TSB debt continued to widen yesterday to new highs, trading at 271.29 basis points, meaning that to insure £10m of the bank's debt would cost £271290. ...

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RBS £50k bash for top bankers – The Sun

The Guardian RBS £50k bash for top bankers The Sun The course was for managers in the group's NATWEST private banking business, which looks after clients on more than £100000 a year. It came four years to the day when the first signs of the credit crisis emerged in France in 2007

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Scottish Water staff threaten to walk out for Christmas – Scotsman

BBC News Scottish Water staff threaten to walk out for Christmas Scotsman "This decision by GMB members is a rejection of the Scottish Government's policy that it is working people providing public services who should pay the price of the banking collapse." The Unite and Unison unions have also been consulting their members ... Scottish Water staff shun pay freeze Herald Scotland GMB members at Scottish Water reject pay freeze BBC News all 38 news articles

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