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Nationwide lashes out at rescued banks
The head of Nationwide, Britain’s biggest building society, accuses government-backed companies of seriously distorting the savings market as its profits fall more than 60%
Oracle wins more time for Sun merger
Approval deadline put back to January 27
Gartmore to cut debt with £250m IPO
Star fund manager set for big pay-out
VW green light for Porsche tie-up
€25.8bn investment programme set out
First Quench to shed more jobs and stores
1,900 jobs to go
Fullers highlights sector split
Pre-tax profits rise 18%
Local connections key for Hershey
Chocolate group eyes Cadbury
Sony hopes SOS offering will be a saviour
Online service to be launched in 2010
J&J stays true to its diversified model
Group looks to share risk further
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Lombard: Ernie and friends are too popular for our own good
Could the biggest threat to retail banking really come from old Ernie and his friends at National Savings and Investments, asks Andrew Hill
Man in the News: Marc Bolland
Markets have signalled high hopes in the ‘billion-dollar’ Dutchman who will lead the British high-street retailer Marks and Spencer
European View: Ferrero boys should stay cool on Cadbury
With the company in the spotlight over a possible bid for Cadbury it should remember that one of the great benefits of being a successful private company lies in the huge luxury of controlling one’s own destiny, writes Paul Betts
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UK Daily View: ITV’s new chairman
Salamander Davoudi says the appointment of Archie Norman, former chief executive of Asda, ends an embarrassing seven-month succession process for the broadcaster
US Daily View: Goldman’s PR problem
Francesco Guerrera says the bank remains the whipping boy for Wall Street excess in spite of its $500m pledge for small businesses, the largest donation it has ever made
Blogs
LiMo grabs limelight from Android with Korea win
Tech blog: The mobile Linux operating system recorded progress in its adoption, with Samsung announcing South Korea’s first LiMo-compliant phone, writes Chris Nuttal
Mergermarket
- Reckitt Benckiser flexing financial muscle; transformational deal likely in OTC healthcare
- Private equity should be able to access debt markets to fund Motorola home-and-networking deal
- Indonesia moves on tax loophole
- Nigerian banks: Players align as government mulls over best options for sector and country
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