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The business - Patrick Hosking asks Gerry Robinson to be gentle
- 19 May 2003
Gerry Robinson's last act at Granada was to get £1.3bn of new capital from investors. They have now lost £992m of it, while he goes on TV criticising small businesses
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The business - Patrick Hosking wants banks to work at weekends
- 12 May 2003
Shops open, planes fly, and newspapers get printed at the weekend. So why can't banks hire a few people to process their clients' cheques between Friday and Monday?
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The business - Patrick Hosking grapples with the politics of envy
- 05 May 2003
The shareholders rebelling against excessive boardroom pay were not a mob, consumed by the "politics of envy", but mostly elderly people who generally approve of capitalism
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The business - Patrick Hosking coos over Brown's baby bonds
- 21 April 2003
Politicians normally rob future generations to please existing voters. So there's something noble about Brown's baby bonds, helping people who won't vote until he's nearly 70
Business
The business - Patrick Hosking finds insurance fat cats unashamed
- 14 April 2003
We need big shareholders in top companies, such as the Pru and Legal & General, to curb the bosses' gravy train. But how can they when they pay their own executives so much?
Business
The business - Patrick Hosking finds his aunt's nest egg
- 07 April 2003
At the HSBC extraordinary general meeting, the directors' level of absenteeism was 48 per cent. Would this be tolerated in an HSBC branch or call-centre?
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The business - Patrick Hosking asks who decides executives' pay
- 31 March 2003
Attempts to regulate boardroom pay have spawned an entirely new industry: one company has hired five firms of consultants to advise on the pay of just four executives
The business - Patrick Hosking raises the alarm: don't trust the bank
- 24 March 2003
Is it possible that a time bomb is hanging over us all and that it could cripple the banking system of the west, threatening billions of savers? Asks Patrick Hosking
Business
The business - Patrick Hosking
- 17 March 2003
Whatever their losses on junk bonds and the like, banks can still rely on credit cards to pull in mouth-watering profits. And our inertia and ignorance are partly to blame
Business
The business - Patrick Hosking applauds a barbarian at the Bank
- 10 March 2003
If Abbey National made so many mistakes with its shareholders' money, why is it that the non-executive directors are still drawing their fees?
