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NEWS ABOUT: RBS

RBS stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

 Meet Wall 
 Street's Most 
 Shameless 
 Failures 

'Mulligan Club' keeps hustling disastrous securities

Sep 2, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - You'd think the men who hyped and traded the financial instruments responsible for the recession wouldn't be allowed to touch another dollar. Instead, they’re “charter members of Wall Street's Mulligan Club,” Steven Pearlstein writes in the Washington Post, buying and trading the same "crappy securities" like... More »

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Wall Street • recession • securities • financial institutions • trading firm • RBS

British MPs Blast Bankers
For 'Astonishing Mess'

Report by finance committee blames HBOS, RBS for meltdown

May 1, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bankers bear the majority of blame for the global economic crisis for having made "an astonishing mess of the financial system," an investigation by the British parliament's finance committee has concluded. The Treasury Select Committee said in a report that bailed-out banks such as HBOS and Royal Bank... More »

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British Parliament • Royal Bank of Scotland • HBOS • banks • financial crisis • economic crisis • RBS

 G20 Protesters Vandalize Bank 

Already fighting police, crowd turns to looting RBS

Apr 1, 09 9:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The violent crowd protesting the G20 summit in London has broken into a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland, smashing windows and carrying computers and furniture out into the streets. Riot police attempted to keep the protesters away from the building and in containment pens in the City, but... More »

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London • United Kingdom • G20 • protesters • RBS

 Vandals Target Former 
 RBS Boss, Vow Further Action 

Goodwin target of public outrage over his pension

Mar 25, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - After the Edinburgh home of the former boss of the Royal Bank of Scotland was vandalized last night, an unknown group is warning of further attacks on financial figures, the Scottish Daily Record reports. Sir Fred Goodwin has been the focus of controversy since he took early retirement—complete with... More »

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pensions • Royal Bank of Scotland • vandalism • Britain • populism • bailout • bankers • Fred Goodwin • financial crisis • RBS

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