6:11pm

Activists eye new targets in financials

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Some of the biggest names already in the crosshairs

Wolfgang Munchau from COMMENT 6:52pm

Ireland shows the way with its debt deal

Rescheduling of promissory notes is monetary financing in all but name

From ENERGY 6:36pm

Essar set to shift debt into dollars

Bid to cut financing costs for London-listed parent company

BANKS 6:09pm

Bank of Italy seeks powers to intervene

Regulator responds to criticism of its supervision in MPS crisis

From MARKETS 5:59pm

New bourse launched in India

New venue will trade more than 1,100 equities and develop derivatives

From LEX 5:31pm

Barclays: time to be bold

Here comes another bank restructuring exercise

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Kingfisher stuck resolutely on the ground

Doubts over when Indian airline will be airborne again

From LEX 5:01pm

Cashed out: Visa/MasterCard

Driver of the gains has been move towards cashless society

Barclays ©Getty BANKS 4:59pm

Barclays plans £2bn cost-cutting

At least 2,000 jobs to go in strategic overhaul

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Equity and debt markets reawaken M&A

Stirring of ‘animal spirits’ among dealmakers

From WORLD 4:41pm

Global deals put Qatar debt in spotlight

Financing structures are rarely made public

BANKS 4:17pm

Funding for infrastructure projects dwindles

Banks struggle to offer long-term debt amid deficit reduction programmes

From WORLD 4:17pm

Iceland aims to lift capital controls

Icesave legal victory should ease uncertainty, says finance minister

From MARKETS 6:25am

State Street battles two US lawsuits

The Boston-based group denies retaining an ‘exorbitant share’ of securities lending revenues

From MARKETS 5:33am

Swiss banks alter structure after Wegelin

Pictet and Lombard Odier partners will be protected from unlimited liability

FINANCIAL SERVICES Feb 9, 2013

Doughty drops its diversification drive

Private equity firm abandons move into real estate and technology

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The private man behind Dell seeks greater control

FINANCIAL SERVICES Feb 8, 2013

Cantor steps in to save Seymour Pierce

Deal comes hours after bank was placed in administration

BANKS Feb 8, 2013

Embattled Hester aims to finish the task

Hester leadership is regarded as crucial to RBS revival

From COMMENT Feb 8, 2013

London unites the world but splits the UK

The capital’s property market is a national challenge, writes Jim O’Neill

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