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Tuesday Newspaper round up.

Cyprus is likely to receive its long-awaited eurozone bailout by the end of March, according to the European Central Bank executive Jörg Asmussen, pictured. Cyprus is hoping to secure a 17.5bn euros (14.8bn pounds)...

Monday Newspaper round up.

Barclays is preparing to cut at least two billion pounds from its annual cost base of 20bn pounds as part of a strategic overhaul to be presented by the bank on Tuesday, say bank...

The Smallcap Oil & Gas round up

Argos Resources (LON:ARG) Following interpretation of 3D seismic data acquired in 2011 Argos has commissioned a new CPR to validate its view of increased sizes on many of its existing 28 prospects plus, a...

Friday Newspaper round up.

More than 1,000 investment bankers at Barclays have been told they will not receive up-front cash bonuses this year. Managing directors in the group’s investment banking arm were informed that their 2012 bonuses would...

Thursday Newspaper round up

HSBC’s biggest ever restructuring had been necessary to simplify the bank’s complex structure which had made it attractive to money-laundering criminals, its chief executive said. Stuart Gulliver said HSBC’s structure “was not fit for...

Wednesday Newspaper round up.

Royal Bank of Scotland is today expected to announce that the head of its investment bank, John Hourican, will leave the company and give up rights to around four million pounds-worth of share options....

Tuesday Newspaper round up.

The boss of one of Britain’s taxpayer-owned banks is being lined up for a bonus of up to 1.5 million pounds for last year, refusing to follow the example set by his counterparts at...