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’Mangled metaphors from Neelie Kroes
From the European Commission vice-president (Digital Agenda), interviewed in the Dutch paper Volkskrant, via Google translate…
“…But there is absolutely no man overboard when we miss someone from the eurozone…Maybe my word choice was not entirely happy.
Steelie Neelie squares up to Silvio
No one could accuse Neelie Kroes of slipping gently into retirement. In her last months as EU antitrust commissioner Ms Kroes has delivered a slap across the chops to several state-owned banks, and rolled up her sleeves regarding Oracle’s bid for Sun.
Lloyds, RBS and state aid
The UK’s two part-nationalised banks, Lloyds Banking Group and RBS, are under pressure again on Wednesday morning as the market continues to fret about potential state aid remedies.
Since ING, the Dutch financial services group,
Lex: Lloyds Banking Group
Whoever becomes the new chairman of Lloyds, the first thing he should do is get rid of the chief executive, Eric Daniels.
The current arrangement , which allows Mr Daniels to escape his share of responsibility,
Kroes rebuffs WestLB restructure
Germany’s public sector banks are coming under pressure for wide-ranging reform after Neelie Kroes, EU competition commissioner, made clear she would reject a restructuring plan submitted by WestLB, the Landesbank.