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...As Lord McFall put it, rather than have they exhibited the conspicuous merit that warrants them being elevated to the House?...
...The rebuke, prompted by government pressure on Royal Bank of Scotland over bonus payouts and regulatory capital increases, comes only days after the bank’s chief executive, Stephen Hester, was ousted following...
...Stephen Hester, RBS chief executive, said in the 2012 half-year announcement: “The clean-up costs from past mistakes are steadily being put behind us.” But why are these costs still surfacing?...
...In January, David Cameron insisted that Stephen Hester, RBS chief executive, should not get a bonus of more than £1m....
...Stephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, said it was “timely to reassess the role of banks in serving the public interest....
...Stephen Haddrill, chairman of the FRC, said a group of senior accountants and investors would serve as advisers....
...David Davis, John McFall and Vince Cable are among the MPs on the panel, which has grilled senior bank bosses, including HSBC’s Stephen Green and Stephen Hester of Royal Bank of Scotland, as well as members...
...Those interviewed included HSBC’s Stephen Green and Stephen Hester of Royal Bank of Scotland, as well as members of the Financial Services Authority, the Treasury and investors such as activist Knight Vinkes...
...Dismissing the idea of an opera based on a familiar novel or play, he settled on a new story inspired by the life of Gardner McFall, Amelia’s librettist....
...The libretto, by the American poet Gardner McFall, is based on a story by Stephen Wadsworth, who directs this production....
...The MPs are meeting at lunchtime today ahead of the 2.30pm committee session (featuring Stephen Hester and others) and will discuss the Crosby issue....
...We’ve now moved on to Stephen Hester of RBS and the question of who decides the bank’s bonuses....
...However, John McFall, thecommittee’s chairman, said: “They apologised for the problems but not for their part in the problems.”...
...John McFall, chairman of the Commons treasury committee, writes in Wednesday’s Financial Times: “If it is to happen, the sooner the better. Let us get it over with – nationalise the pair of them.”...
...However, John McFall, chairman of the committee, said members needed to see more written evidence before deciding whether to interview Sir James....
...John McFall characterised ministers’ talks with lenders as “the banks demurely declining as the government exhorts....
...Nor could Stephen Crow, honorary professor at the School of Urban and Regional Planning, Cardiff, be involved in the choice of Cardiff or Neil Mundy, a former director of One North East, the regional development...
...Stephen Pallister, a tax partner with solicitors Charles Russell and the Law Society’s spokesman on trusts, said between a third and two-thirds of the 15m wills in the country are affected by the rules....
...Meeting chairman John McFall said he hoped King’s predictions were more accurate than a famous stormy faux pas in 1987....
...Anyone willing to fill the breach - just as the back office comes into the spotlight - can contact Stephen Pinner, managing director of consultants Summerson Goodacre, at pinner@sumgood.com....
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