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SPORT - THE INDEPENDENT
NATIONALISATION THREAT TO BANKS
The Government is using the threat of a wholesale nationalisation of banks in an attempt to force institutions to lend billions to small firms struggling to survive as Britain slips into recession.
JONATHAN USES THE F-WORD... IT'S V FUNNY
Lewd calls made by the BBC presenters Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand to the actor Andrew Sachs were a "deplorable intrusion with no editorial justification", the BBC Trust ruled yesterday.
WELFARE PLANS TO GO AHEAD DESPITE POVERTY FEARS
Ministers vowed to press ahead with welfare reforms designed to force lone parents and the disabled to seek work despite warnings that they could tip vulnerable people into poverty.
City:
CITIGROUP CONSIDERS FIRE SALE AS SHARES DIVE
Citigroup assembled its board to "think the unthinkable" yesterday, with a fire sale or a break-up of the financial giant on the table.
PRIVATE EQUITY TARGETS BANK OF IRELAND
Bank of Ireland revealed yesterday that it had received a number of "unsolicited approaches" from prospective bidders looking to take stakes in Ireland's biggest bank by assets.