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Nov 28 2008
Taxpayers will take a 57.9% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland after investors snubbed its £15 billion share offer, the bank said today....
Nov 4 2008
M&S up 9% but the wider market struggled for direction in early trade, down 2.9 points at 4440.4....
Nov 4 2008
The troubled bank said full year figures would be impacted by rising bad debts and writedowns, which totalled £206m in the third quarter, on top of £5.9bn in the first half....
Oct 16 2008
CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling last night denied he was caving in to pressure over conditions attached to the £37bn bail-out of three UK banks....
Oct 15 2008
SHARES in the three UK banks being bailed out by the Government rose today amid reports of pressure for the £37bn plan to be reworked....
Oct 14 2008
NEW laws to help stop more British banks going bust will be debated in the Commons today as the Government continues efforts to halt the worst effects of the credit crunch....
Oct 7 2008
Shares in HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland plunged 42% and 39% respectively today as mounting funding concerns piled pressure on the banking sector....
Jul 23 2008
THE masterplan for the £1bn Omega business park last night faced being rip- ped up and redrawn, after the Northwest Development Agency refused to hand over another £7m of public money....
