News: Philip Augar is no bank basher - banks "are the agents of the economic mobility that underpins a fair and fluid society" - but he says it's time for banks to go back to the basics. "The other things that today's banks do involving excessive leverage and frenetic trading as a means of making money for themselves and their clients have no place in the core banking system."

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Philip Augar is no bank basher - banks "are the agents of the economic mobility that underpins a fair and fluid society" - but he says it's time for banks to go back to the ba...

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News: Linda MacMahon: "I Don't Think Regulation Is Necessary"

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News: HSBC needs more than Nedbank to win big in Africa

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HSBC Holdings Plc will need more than just a controlling stake in South Africa's Nedbank if the Europe's top lender aims to be a serious player on the fast-growing African con...

News: Hedge funds eke out a win in rough August Alerts - "Dwight Anderson" hedge fund

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News: Shia LaBeouf offers most 'bang for the buck', says poll

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