Banking
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Bankers' bonuses: can they be justified?
In Depth Opponents say they fuel extravagant risk-taking, but bankers' bonus season is still a fixture on the financial calendar
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Lloyds to cut 9,000 jobs as banking drifts online
In Depth 200 branches will close as Lloyds moves to 'digitise' retail banking operations – and cut costs
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Virgin Money flotation: Branson aims to raise £150m
Speed Read Richard Branson's Virgin Money will become the fourth bank this year to float on the London Stock Exchange
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New EU rules could mean the end of free banking
Speed Read Caps on interchange fees are good for business, but could mean banks pass the cost on to customers
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Osborne vetoes RBS plan to pay CEO double his salary as bonus
Speed Read RBS tries to sidestep government rules by paying Ross McEwan an extra £1m 'allowance'
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Euan Sutherland resigns from 'ungovernable' Co-op Group
Speed Read Chief executive Euan Sutherland has stepped down, blaming a lack of ‘professional and commercial governance.
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