Gary Gibbon
Bob Diamond, good manners and puking
Being “physically ill” and displaying good manners, Gary Gibbon examines Bob Diamond’s performance at the Treasury Committee.
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Gary Gibbon
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LIVE BLOG: Ex Barclays chief Bob Diamond questioned over Libor ‘rigging’
Bob Diamond gives evidence to the Treasury Select Committee a day after he was forced to stand down as Barclays chief executive following the Libor index “rigging” scandal.
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Bob Diamond: key questions about the Barclays scandal
With former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond appearing in front of MPs later, Channel 4 News looks at the questions he is likely to be asked.
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Bob Diamond: no ‘instruction’ to alter borrowing rates
Former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond tells MPs he did not believe he was “instructed” by the Bank of England to submit lower borrowing rates during the 2008 financial crisis.
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Barclays releases key Bob Diamond memo
Following the resignation of Bob Diamond in the midst of the bank lending scandal , Barclays releases a memo of a phone conversation between Mr Diamond and Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker.
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Bob Diamond: the rise and fall of a risk taker
As Bob Diamond resigns as chief executive of Barclays, Channel 4 News charts the career of a top financier who once famously said that the “period of remorse” for banks was over.
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Barclays’ Bob Diamond: response in full
Bob Diamond breaks his silence in an open letter to the Treasury select committee chairman, denying that senior staff were involved in fixing the bank’s rates. Read his letter in full.
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Bob Diamond appointed new Barclays chief
Bob Diamond, one of the world’s highest paid bankers, is named as chief executive of Barclays in a move Economics Editor Faisal Islam says challenges the government’s position on banking reform.
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Former Barclays chief Diamond waives £20m bonus
Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond forgoes a potential £20m in bonuses and share awards, but will still walk away with up to £2m.
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Gary Gibbon
‘Red’ Diamond, ‘deep throat’ and the bank
The email from Bob Diamond to fellow Barclays bosses raises serious questions for the Bank of England’s Paul Tucker, seen by many as the heir apparent to Mervyn King. Gary Gibbon blogs about the latest development in the Libor scandal.
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Faisal Islam
Diamond not forever as UK banking changes for good
We have entered a new world. Politicians now appear sovereign over our banking system. Many in Britain will welcome that. For many, it will be a profound shock. And this is just the beginning, writes Faisal Islam.
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Faisal Islam
Diamond: the foremost force of banker resistance?
The ructions at the top of Barclays have been somewhat Shakespearean in character over the past few years. It was said that US-born investment banker Bob Diamond was the foil for the calmer, older school John Varley. Diamond, currently the president of Barclays, was the architect of the wildly successful purchase of the bankrupt core…
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Barclays cuts bonuses to cover cost of mis-selling
Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins says he is “shredding” Bob Diamond’s legacy as he tells MPs that bonuses will be cut to compensate people wrongly sold financial products.
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Treasury: Mervyn King overstepped powers in Barclays scandal
Sir Mervyn King’s interference in the ousting of Barclays’ chief Bob Diamond is difficult to justify, the chairman of the committee investigating the Libor rate-rigging scandal tells Channel 4 News.
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Bank governor denies Libor pressure on Barclays
Sir Mervyn King rejects suggestions that pressure was put on banks to misreport their lending rates, but admits pushing for Bob Diamond’s resignation as Barclays chief executive.
