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• 16 Aug 2012

  

  ‘Robin Hood’ mayor leads anti-austerity protests in Spain

  A town mayor nicknamed the “modern Robin Hood” is beginning a three-week march in support of anti-austerity campaigners. So who is Spain’s new cult hero?

• 3 Aug 2012

  

  RBS pre-tax losses of £1.5bn in first half

  Taxpayer-owned RBS lost £1.5bn in the first half of the year after an IT meltdown and setting aside funds to compensate customers mis-sold financial products. It now faces fines for Libor rigging.

• 2 Aug 2012

  

  Dear Mr Putin, can we talk about…

  Having tempted judo-mad Vladimir Putin to visit London by offering him Olympic tickets, what else might David Cameron want to discuss as part of what has been dubbed judo diplomacy?

• 24 Jul 2012

  

  MPs call for relaxation of rules on gambling

  A committee of MPs proposes that betting shops and casinos should be allowed to operate more high-stakes gambling machines.

• 24 Jul 2012

  

  ‘Greece will not meet bailout terms’

  The future of the euro is under the spotlight again, as EU officials visiting Greece cast doubt on its ability to repay its debts and Spain sees its borrowing costs soar.

• 24 Jul 2012

  

  Former Anglo Irish boss charged with fraud

  The former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank is charged in Ireland over a failed insider trading scam.

• 23 Jul 2012

  

  Investors fear Greek, Spanish meltdowns

  Worries that Greece may soon be bankrupt and Spain will need a full-scale bailout send the euro sliding and Spanish bond yields soaring to a euro-record high of 7.52 per cent.

• 16 Jul 2012

  

  IMF cuts growth forecast for the UK

  The UK economic forecast is cut and the global recovery shows further signs of weakness, the International Monetary Fund said in its World Economic Outlook today.

• 13 Jul 2012

  

  Rangers voted into division three

  Regular old firm matches, which have been a fixture of Scottish football for over a century, look set to end. “New Rangers” have been voted into division three after the old company went bust.

• 12 Jul 2012

  

  Gap between rich and poor widening

  The top 10 per cent of Britain’s wealthiest households are more than 500 times richer than those in the bottom 10 per cent – and the gap has widened, the latest data reveals.

• 9 Jul 2012

  Faisal Islam

  How close was Barclays to the abyss in 2008?

  Today’s cache of Paul tucker emails released by the Bank of England puts the Libor scandal in a rather different context. The big picture here: the post-07 Libor “scandal” is the tree. The concerning financial health of Barclays Bank in October 2998 is the woods. The now Deputy Governor of the Bank of England is shown to be exchanging emails about Barclays’ financial position from a full week before the famous conversation that some have depicted as a Labour plot to illegally to manipulate Libor.

• 5 Jul 2012

  

  Struggling NHS trusts get £1bn injection

  Struggling NHS trusts have received more than £1bn in bailout funds in the past six years, figures from the National Audit Office show.

• 29 Jun 2012

  Gary Gibbon

  Merkel concedes – what will she get in return?

  Angela Merkel concedes. Gary Gibbon wonders what she will get in return?

• 29 Jun 2012

  

  Ireland’s former richest man hides £400m but escapes jail

  Bankrupt ex-billionaire Sean Quinn avoids a jail sentence despite blocking the state bank from seizing £400m worth of assets by claiming bankruptcy after being found guilty of contempt of court.

• 29 Jun 2012

  

  ‘Breakthrough’ eurozone deal after German concessions

  A surprise deal between eurozone countries is struck at a Brussels summit allowing bail-outs to directly support distressed banks, rather than making national governments taking on the burden.