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Banks get £40bn as bosses give up bonuses - Three of Britain's leading banks were effectively nationalised today and their bosses told there would be no bonuses this year



Banks get £40bn as bosses give up bonuses  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
Three of Britain's leading banks were effectively nationalised today and their bosses told there would be no bonuses this year
RBS' Sir Fred Goodwin falls on his sword  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
One of banking's fattest cats is to become the highest-profile casualty of the financial crisis - Profile: Sir Fred Goodwin
Market report: Monday latest  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
12.35:The rally, when it came, was every bit as fast and furious as Friday's sell-off but dealers warn it is still too early to call the bottom of the market
Manic Monday buying is relief for dealers  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
City traders took to their desks this morning, relieved that the panic selling of Friday had been replaced by manic Monday buying
Europe backs Brown's bailout blueprint  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
The rest of Europe last night said it would copy Gordon Brown's rescue plan to save stricken banks
HBOS shares plummet as Lloyds halves bid  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
Shares in Halifax owner HBOS dived 9% today after the price of its takeover by Lloyds TSB was slashed in half to around £6bn
BA 'avoids payouts for cancellation'  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
British Airways has been criticised for regularly blaming cancelled flights on 'extraordinary circumstances' to avoid paying compensation
Crash may put back retirement five years  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
Every private pension linked to the stock market has had an average of £20,000 wiped off its value this year.
Market will be stronger for future, vows Brown  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
The Prime Minister today moved to reassure the City that its success would remain a priority for the Government amid signs of heavy job losses in the City
Robert Peston's blog - where is the leak?  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
Robert Peston's blog has delivered scoop after scoop on the UK banking crisis - but where are the BBC business editor's string of exclusives coming from?
Co-op in Britannia BS merger talks  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
Co-operative Financial Services is in 'early' takeover talks with Britannia building society - but no windfalls would be delivered
Councils plead for £1bn relief  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
Local government chiefs are asking for a £1bn business-rate 'holiday' to compensate for the money they lost in Icelandic banks
Norwich Union windfalls will go ahead  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
A windfall pot worth £1bn will still be paid to a million Norwich Union policyholders despite the plunging stock markets
Darling to publish guarantee 'price list'  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain's banks will today learn how much they will have to pay the government to guarantee their loans to each other
IMF in global meltdown warning  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
Global finance is on the brink of meltdown despite interventions by the US and Europe, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned
Grant Bovey's buy-to-let firm hit by crunch  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
Grant Bovey - TV presenter Anthea Turner's husband - has seen his buy-to-let property empire handed back to a bank, as a high-profile credit crunch victim
Midas share tips: BP, Shell, Vodafone and Aviva yields look good  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
Time to make sure your savings are safe  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
Bank Crisis: End of the road for the dunces  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
The bank bosses who refuse to quit  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
We need answers to this saving madness  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]
Where we must invest our talents in future  [10/13/2008 01:17 PM]