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Barclays, Lloyds and RBS told to plug �27bn hole in finances
Five of Britain's biggest lenders must plug a combined �27.1 billion hole in their finances, with Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland accounting for more than 90% of the shortfall, the City regulator revealed.
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LONDON | Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:01am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Dixons (DXNS.L), Europe's No. 2 electricals retailer, beat guidance with a 15 percent rise in underlying year profit, with sales growth in Britain and northern Europe offsetting falls in the ...
LONDON, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- BT announces today that Gavin Patterson will succeed Ian Livingston as chief executive of BT Group plc.
In his Mansion House speech to the City's great and good, the Chancellor said the Government would urgently investigate the case for splitting up RBS and creating a so�called "bad bank" of risky assets.
Sir Brian Souter made a healthy profit from his part in a consortium which bought and sold luxury yacht-maker Sunseeker. Picture: complimentary.
Mr Paterson said that GM offers �wonderful opportunities� that could benefit human health and the environment. He said GM production in the UK would mean less spraying of pesticides and less intensive farming.
Trends
| Gainers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| PER | Perform Group Ltd | 2.85% | 1,423.74M |
| AHT | Ashtead Group plc | 2.71% | 3,241.54M |
| GENL | Genel Energy PLC | 1.66% | 2,653.95M |
| SKP | SkyePharma PLC | 0.98% | 3,994.08M |
| OCDO | Ocado Group PLC | 0.95% | 1,784.81M |
| Losers | Change | Mkt Cap | |
| RRS | Randgold Resources Limited | -5.66% | 4,038.86M |
| POLY | Polymetal International PLC | -4.96% | 2,237.92M |
| ARM | ARM Holdings plc | -4.25% | 11,046.15M |
| RIO | Rio Tinto plc | -4.20% | 49,580.14M |
| CPBB | Co-operative Bank plc | -4.00% | 3,936.00M |
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