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Make your money work for a good cause too

Do you want your money to work for you and for your favourite charities this Christmas? There are a number of ways to do this, from buying presents through specialist credit cards to giving your children and grandchildren investments that benefit ...

From HEATHER CONNON, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Ben Ainslie,  Hargreaves Lansdown

Revealed: bosses' huge pension pots

The figures will fuel the controversy over the size of directors' pensions and raise concerns about the yawning gap between bosses and the shopfloor. Sixteen company chiefs saw the value of their pensions jump by more than £1m in 2008. When they ...

From HEATHER CONNON, Guardian Unlimited,  25 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Fred Goodwin,  Royal Bank of Scotland,  Royal Dutch Shell,  Jeroen van der Veer,  Barclays

How it will look if we hit rock bottom

Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, conceded last week as he launched Britain on a drastic £75bn policy of quantitative easing that he had no idea exactly when the deepening recession was likely to end: "I don't know how long it will take, ...

From HEATHER CONNON, Guardian Unlimited,  7 Mar 2009
Related Topics: FTSE,  Dow Jones,  PricewaterhouseCoopers,  Barclays

Allied forces in a war on recession

When they meet at the G20 London summit in a month's time, Gordon Brown and Barack Obama will both be eager to present themselves as the leaders of a worldwide battle to stave off a 21st century Great Depression and clean up the murky depths of the ...

From HEATHER STEWART, HEATHER CONNON, Guardian Unlimited,  28 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Gordon Brown,  U.S. Congress,  Barclays

Is this the final death knell for Citigroup?

Vikram Pandit, chief executive of US bank Citigroup, started last week by telling the group's staff that 52,000 of them would lose their jobs. A few days later, it looked as if he could soon be following them. The bank's share price halved in just four ...

From HEATHER CONNON, Guardian Unlimited,  22 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Citigroup,  Wells Fargo,  Morgan Stanley,  HSBC,  Bank of America

Bankers battle to stop £12bn HBOS takeover

Two senior bankers have launched a bid to keep the HBOS banking group independent, claiming that it would save more than 20,000 jobs and be better for Britain and shareholders than the planned takeover by Lloyds TSB.Sir Peter Burt and Sir George ...

From HEATHER CONNON, NICK MATHIASON, Guardian Unlimited,  8 Nov 2008
Related Topics: HBOS,  Royal Bank of Scotland,  Gordon Brown,  Alex Salmond

Community power plays backed

A hydroelectric scheme based on mining works and a plan to sell solar power generated from panels on industrial estates are among the 10 projects to receive £20,000 funding in a scheme designed to encourage community generation schemes. Three Green ...

From HEATHER CONNON, Guardian Unlimited,  13 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Gordon Brown

Don't bank on a B&B buyer

Business & money: Why do all the possible Bradford & Bingley bidders seem to be looking the other way? ...

From HEATHER CONNON, Guardian Unlimited,  12 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Bradford & Bingley,  Barclays,  Royal Bank of Scotland,  HBOS,  Alliance & Leicester

Banks are only as safe as houses

Business & money: As mortgage lenders struggle to shore up their balance sheets, a new crisis may be on the way from the buy-to-let ...

From HEATHER CONNON, Guardian Unlimited,  7 Jun 2008
Related Topics: HBOS,  Royal Bank of Scotland,  BNP Paribas,  Citigroup

HSBC investors to revolt

Business & money: Bank will come under fire on its boardroom pay and strategy in an acrimonious shareholders' ...

From HEATHER CONNON, Guardian Unlimited,  24 May 2008
Related Topics: Royal Dutch Shell,  GlaxoSmithKline Inc

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