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Investigation into HBOS rescue profits - City watchdogs are expected to investigate how speculators made a £190m profit from HBOS shares immediately before the bank's rescue was made public



Investigation into HBOS rescue profits  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
City watchdogs are expected to investigate how speculators made a £190m profit from HBOS shares immediately before the bank's rescue was made public
EDF to table £12.4bn British Energy bid  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
French energy giant EDF will table its long-awaited £12.4bn bid for British Energy this week
Weekly market: The week the banks fell  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
After one of the most turbulent weeks the finance world has seen, some banks emerged intact but others fell...then Friday brought soaring stock markets around the world
Mortgage bills to rise on banking chaos  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Mortgage bills could rise by hundreds of pounds a year as lenders respond to the banking chaos with rate hikes
Job on the Lloyds board for Hornby  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Andy Hornby, chief executive of HBOS, is expected to accept a 'senior boardroom role' once his bank is taken over by Lloyds TSB
Threat to sue over short-selling ban  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Hedge funds are expected to launch legal action against the FSA, seeking compensation for short-selling losses but more firms are calling for protection
Fearful savers rush to Northern Rock  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
State-owned Northern Rock has been one of the main beneficiaries from the banking uncertainty as depositors rush to a safe haven
Newcastle's Ashley loses £200m on HBOS  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
BeleaguredNewcastle United owner Mike Ashley is believed to have lost more than £200m gambling that HBOS shares would recover
Paulson in spotlight over rescue bid  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
The eyes of the world are on US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he thrashes out the US giant rescue plan details while markets face more turmoil
US pushed into dropping 'safety net' by EU  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
EU pressure and aggressive bankers persuaded the US Securities and Exchange Commission to relax borrowing rules for five firms now at the centre of the financial crisis
No move despite BoE's credit crisis forecast  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Not everyone was taken by surprise by the credit crunch, the Bank of England saw it coming in April 2007, so why wasn't more done
City news in brief: Firework shortage | Tax rebate probe | ITV to cut news | High St suffers  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain faces a fireworks shortgage on Bonfire night after China cut supply, while banks have demanded a tax rebate probe, ITV will cut local news and the High St struggles
Bradford & Bingley 'on the edge'  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
While the country focuses on HBOS and Lloyds, Bradford & Bingley has seen a measure of its risk soar
Investigation: Is this a 'boiler room' sting?  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Boiler-rooms sting investors for millions of pounds every year, despite attempts to crack down. This is Money investigates one reader's experience
Credit crunch hits the super-rich's pockets  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
The credit crunch has left hundreds of billionaires crying into their Ming vases after a tough year on the markets
Midas: HBOS and Lloyds shares  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Merger most foul for bank customers  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Directors who let everyone at HBOS down  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
FSA's curb is necessary, right and overdue  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: Unlucky share dealings  [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]