Apr.18
8:24 AM ET
Friday, 18 Apr 2008
Nobody should be surprised by the talk about a cash-raising exercise at RBS. The real question is why it is taking so long for the banks to acknowledge the continued deterioration in the quality of the assets they own. Read More
Topics:Mortgages | Real Estate | Britain | Banking | Subprime Lending | Earnings | Economy (Global) | Investment Strategy | Stock Market
Sectors:Banks
Companies:Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Apr.18
12:43 AM ET
Friday, 18 Apr 2008
Posted By:The Leaders
This student of 18th centaury algorithms is leading a revolution in the way corporations extract information from video, pictures and voice conversations. Having been lent £2,000 by a stranger in a pub to set-up in business, this son of a fireman floated Autonomy at £5 billion. It entered the FTSE 100 only to crash out. Through it all Mike Lynch has built a 17,000-strong client list that includes real-time terrorist tracking for the US Department of Homeland Security.
Read MoreTopics:Britain | CEOs and CFOs
Sectors:Technology | Software | Software and Computer Services
Feb.26
7:41 AM ET
Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008
Posted By:Morning Thoughts - Geoff Cutmore
Is it a sign of the increasingly worrisome state of UK public finances (now that Northern Rock is officially on the books) that has driven the government to buy information from a whistleblower in Lichtenstein? Read More
Topics:Banking | Laws and Legislation | Britain | Germany | Taxes
Sectors:Banks | Financial Services
Companies:Northern Rock plc
Feb.18
10:10 AM ET
Monday, 18 Feb 2008
The focus of much of the mainstream media coverage of the Northern Rock nationalization has been directed towards the fate of the stricken lender’s long-suffering shareholders. But it's tough to find sympathy for equity investors. Read More
Topics:Subprime Lending | Mortgages | Britain | Laws and Legislation | Politics & Government | Western Europe
Companies:Northern Rock plc
Jan.15
8:03 AM ET
Tuesday, 15 Jan 2008
Northern Rock threatens to withhold coffee unless angry shareholders wrap things up on time. Metaphors of dogs on leashes and captains of ships fly, as a beleaguered chairman faces the silky eloquence of activist investors. Read More
Topics:Real Estate | Subprime Lending | Mortgages | Britain | Economy (Global) | Laws and Legislation | Politics & Government | Western Europe
Companies:Northern Rock plc
Jan.14
2:56 PM ET
Monday, 14 Jan 2008
Corporate general meetings usually have all the excitement of televised curling, but Northern Rock's extraordinary meeting will live up to its name as gun-slinging institutional investors take on the company's board. Read More
Topics:Real Estate | Subprime Lending | Mortgages | Britain | Economy (Global) | Laws and Legislation | Politics & Government | Western Europe
Companies:Northern Rock plc
Jan.09
8:18 AM ET
Wednesday, 9 Jan 2008
An evocative smell from childhood can quickly trigger the realization that cost cutting is not a strategy, but a reaction that, without corresponding investment, will doom industries. Read More
Topics:Corporate Restructuring | Britain | Germany | Western Europe | Eastern Europe | Europe | euro
Sectors:Industrial Goods and Services | Basic Resources
Jan.08
7:53 AM ET
Tuesday, 8 Jan 2008
Posted By:Morning Thoughts - Geoff Cutmore
Investors concentrating on fundamentals will find reason to buck the bearish trend, says our guest host, enjoying his time on our brand-new set. Read More
Topics:Germany | Britain | Economy (U.S.) | Stock Picks | Stock Market
Companies:Merrill Lynch & Co Inc
Nov.25
3:41 PM ET
Sunday, 25 Nov 2007
Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper says today that Warren Buffett "has emerged as a potential buyer of Northern Rock," the U.K. bank that's been slammed by the global credit crunch. Without further identifying its source or sources, the newspaper says it "has learned that Buffett ... has held talks with three of the bidders for the bank with a view to joining one of the consortia." Read More
Topics:Britain | Private Equity | Warren Buffett
Companies:Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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