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Business - Google News Daily Nation | Patience pays as Diamond grabs top Barclays job Reuters building up its investment bank into a Wall Street power, Bob Diamond will have no fear that the last American chief executive at the bank lasted just a day in the job. Six years after previously missing out on the top job, ... Heard on the Street: Will Diamond shine at Top of Barclays? Banking appointment stems FTSE run What do investment banks do? |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Tube strike: millions face travel chaos tonight with nine lines affected Telegraph.co.uk But services on the Waterloo and City as well as the Circle Line are completely suspended. There will be some trains running on the Bakerloo, Central, District, Jubilee, Hammersmith & City, Piccadilly, Victoria and Metropolitan lines. ... London Commuters Tackle Travel Chaos Tube chaos Doubts raised over estimated cost of tube strikes |
 Sky News | De La Rue staff 'deliberately falsified' banknote tests Telegraph.co.uk Some De La Rue staff "deliberately falisfied" tests that forced it to halt banknote shipments and warn on profits, the world's biggest banknote printer said. Shares in the company, which makes paper for more than 150 currencies around the world, ... De la Rue fraud probe launched over 'deliberately falsified' banknote tests De La Rue Sees $54 Million Added Cost On Production Irregularities Fraud Probe At UK Money Printing Factory |
 Reuters UK | Europe's Big Banks Turn to Investment Bankers as Leaders Wall Street Journal The elevation of Barclays Capital's Bob Diamond to become group chief executive at Barclays, and the departure of HSBC's chairman Stephen Green to become a UK trade minister, raises an intriguing possibility that investment bankers ... HSBC Chairman to Take British Government Post HSBC chairman to become trade minister HSBC boss to join government |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Prince Charles' controversial eco tour steams into Edinburgh The Guardian Prince Charles described Edinburgh as "a very special place" when he visited the city yesterday. HRH The Prince of Wales made the comment to a tourist in St Andrew Square as he began a week long whistle-stop tour of sustainability projects around the ... Royal campaign Prince Charles spreads the green gospel with a £50k 5-day Royal Train trip! Charles saddles up for green tour in Scotland |
 Daily Mail | Tax error: Letter templates to challenge your tax demand The Guardian The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has drafted the following template letters which you can use to write to HMRC if you think you have been unfairly asked to pay more tax or are eligible to have the tax claim written off. ... Expert view: What to do about a tax demand letter Tax error letters start to arrive Tax error letters: what are your options? |
 The Guardian | Osborne rules out taking part in European bailout fund The Guardian Britain today flatly ruled out taking part in a planned new European scheme for bailing out distressed financial institutions by using the proceeds from a levy on banks. As EU finance ministers at a meeting in Brussels agreed a new European system of ... EU moves on bank taxes skid into trouble Osborne to fight eu bank insurance tax Finance Ministers Fail to Agree on EU Financial Transaction Tax |
 The Guardian | Ocado Shares Slide After First Sales Report Wall Street Journal LONDON-Ocado Group PLC Tuesday did little to dispel criticism that its July flotation was overvalued, as it reported subdued third-quarter sales that disappointed investors and further knocked its share price. ... Ocado boss shrugs off share price performance Ocado sees 30% rise in food sales Ocado reports 30% sales growth |
 Sky News | Retail sales rise but consumers wary about cuts Telegraph.co.uk The back-to-school season and summer discounting helped to drive a 2.8pc rise in total retail sales in August compared with a year earlier, but the British Retail Consortium said impending austerity measures were making consumers wary about major ... Retail: "Bargains out there for savvy shoppers" Back to school shopping boosts retailers Retail sales up but 'nothing to write home about' |
 Stockopedia | Connaught Asks for Trade Suspension; Says Funding “Uncertain” BusinessWeek Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Connaught Plc was suspended from London trading today after the public-housing maintenance company said it was “increasingly uncertain” of resolving its funding problems. “The group now believes that the ... Connaught falls victim to government austerity cuts property group Connaught suspends shares as rival Mears eyes contracts Connaught suspends shares, warns rescue funding unlikely |
