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  • China on alert for asset bubbles

    July 27, 2009

    Chinese regulators yesterday warned banks to ensure unprecedented volumes of new loans are channelled into the real economy amid concerns that banks ignored basic lending standards in the first half of the year. Over 7,370bn yuan was issued in new loans during the first six months of 2009, more than twice the amount lent in [...]

  • NATIONAL EXPRESS SET TO REBUFF BIDS

    July 26, 2009

    EMBATTLED bus and rail group National Express is planning to shoot down takeover approaches at its half-year results meeting on Thursday, City sources said last night. The expected rejection comes in the face of last week’s informal approach from National Express’s biggest shareholder, the Spanish Cosmen family, and private equity group CVC, as well as [...]

  • Cameron warns of tax hikes

    July 26, 2009

    THE MIDDLE classes and motorists will be the first hit by a slew of tax hikes and spending cuts outlined yesterday by the Conservative party. Tory leader David Cameron warned that if his party comes to power next year the better off will need to dig deep to help repair the UK’s finances. With total [...]

  • Darling urges banks to lend

    July 26, 2009

    CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling will today put bank bosses in the dock over concerns that they are not lending enough. In a meeting at the Treasury, Darling will urge lenders to reward taxpayers for their support of the banking system by offering loans at more competitive rates. Speaking in a television interview, the chancellor said he [...]

  • Guess which country escaped recession?

    July 26, 2009

    ON closer inspection, a lot of the supposed “facts” we think we know about the credit crunch turn out to be nonsense. Take the widespread view that the recession is a global phenomenon, affecting every developed country. Yet Australia is a glaring exception: it has not only avoided the worst of the destruction but has [...]

  • Anglo unveils restructure

    July 26, 2009

    ANGLO AMERICAN boss Cynthia Carroll is set to unveil a cost-cutting programme this week, which is expected to show that over 10,000 jobs have been slashed at the mining giant over the past six months. Most of the cuts have been at Anglo Platinum, its subsidiary, where capacity has been cut, and production costs have [...]

  • WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING

    July 26, 2009

    THE SUNDAYThe Sunday TelegraphVIRGIN TRAINS EYES BID FOR EAST COAST FRANCHISESir Richard Branson, the Virgin tycoon, has indicated that his company is ready to make a bid for the East Coast Main Line rail franchise. The Government is to re-nationalise the London to Scotland route for at least 12 months from the end of 2009 [...]

  • VW looks at 4bn capital raising

    July 26, 2009

    Europe’s largest carmaker Volkswagen (VW) is exploring the possibility of a capital raising of up to €4bn (£3.2bn) as part of a plan to buy Porsche. The Piech and Porsche families reconciled last week after intense feuding over a rescue of the luxury carmaker, by agreeing to integrate it into VW. The companies were not [...]

  • 64 US banks seized this year

    July 26, 2009

    Seven US banks were seized yesterday, including six owned by the same parent in Georgia, taking the number of failures in US banks to 64 so far this year. The six related banks were part of Security Bank, and had assets of around $2.8bn (£1.6bn), and deposits of $2.4bn. They had high exposure to real-estate [...]

  • Arab financier in fraud probe is found dead

    July 26, 2009

    THE CHIEF executive of Kuwaiti investment group Al-Raya,  in which Citigroup has a 10 per cent stake, has died in an apparent suicide three days after US regulator the SEC launched high-profile fraud charges against him. Hazem Khalid Al-Braikan, 37 years old, was found dead in bed with a gunshot wound to his head and a [...]

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