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Britain's banking bosses should face jail if their decisions force fresh bailouts, the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards says today.
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Top stories
Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:24am BST. (Reuters) - Britain's Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L) has raised its preliminary offer to buy Germany's largest cable operator, Kabel Deutschland Holding AG (KD8Gn.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting of the G8 on Tuesday at Lough Erne, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/ WPA Pool /Getty Images.
Young adults face decades of scrimping before having enough money for a deposit to buy their first home, a charity has revealed today.
A call centre made famous by a BBC reality TV series has been fined �225,000 for harassing families with nuisance calls. The BBC has portrayed the company's millionaire boss 'Big Nev' Wilshire as a lovable rogue, a consumer champion and even a hero.
The City grandee Baroness Hogg's high-flying banker daughter Charlotte has taken a �1m pay cut to become the new Bank of England Governor's top enforcer.
Trends
| Gainers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| FGP | FirstGroup plc | 8.18% | 1,199.10M |
| AVV | AVEVA Group plc | 6.03% | 1,625.54M |
| TCY | TeleCity Group Plc | 5.71% | 1,972.03M |
| TCG | Thomas Cook Group plc | 4.30% | 1,794.40M |
| TALK | Talktalk Telecom Group PLC | 4.19% | 2,177.59M |
| Losers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| CPBB | Co-operative Bank plc | -13.65% | 4,425.54M |
| ENRC | Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation | -3.24% | 2,994.33M |
| GNK | Greene King plc | -2.97% | 1,689.56M |
| FRES | Fresnillo Plc | -2.51% | 7,881.16M |
| HOME | Home Retail Group Plc | -2.30% | 1,049.10M |
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