On FT Alphaville this morning,
- Goldman Sachs lined up to fund Informa bid
- A not so resilient HBOS.
- … and the latest on the monolines.
- On which note: whither bond insurers?
- In Markets Live: more HBOS, MF Global and retailers
- And in further reading… the two ways an investment bank can blow it – the Lehman way, and the MS way.
On FT.com,
- Charlie Bean appointed BoE deputy governor.
- Huntsman’s $6.5bn buyout in jeopardy.
- Monthly UK retail sales buck gloomy trend.
- …causing the pound to surge higher on economic optimism.
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