George Osborne has spoken to Tim Geithner, the US Treasury secretary, three times in the space of two days over the New York regulatory probe into Standard Chartered in a sign of the British government’s mounting concern. One government source said that
Read Full Article atChancellor George Osborne said it is time Birmingham challenged the South East, as he launched a £2.8 billion growth scheme. Graeme Brown reports. Sell Birmingham to the world and make it a more attractive place to do business. That was the message to 20
George Osborne holds up the budget box outside 11 Downing Street. When he delivers the budget on 20th March, it will be his last chance to make an impact as chancellor (photo: HM Treasury) The 2013 budget is George Osborne’s last chance to make an impact
Posted by - Mark Kleinman, City Editor. Treasury officials said that reaching 61p would mean that the taxpayer had broken even on the tens of billions of pounds injected into the bank to keep it afloat in 2008. The news confirmed Sky News’ revelation ear
Roll up, roll up, who wants to buy a share in a loss-making bank that may need more capital and has yet to spin off two subsidiaries? This opportunity may soon be yours, fellow citizen. Sir Philip Hampton, chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland, said on Thur
Posted by - Mark Kleinman, City Editor. I have learnt that Charles Roxburgh, the director-general of financial services at the Treasury, has contacted a string of major UK and European banks in an attempt to reassure them that the Government would contin
The Chancellor appeared to be upstaged by young schoolchildren at an unidentified school as he attempted to complete as many skips as possible in two minutes. The embarrassing video, believed to be have filmed several years ago, emerged yesterday showing
we will continue to co-ordinate with other federal and state agencies, including DFS, in our investigation of the bank and will have no public comment on that investigation until its conclusion....