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The chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland has suggested the business will restart dividend payments to shareholders after 2013, by which time its restructuring phase should be complete.

Walker Crips Investment Management has launched a discretionary portfolio service aimed at advisers in a move to expand its business.

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Crispin Odey has received planning permission for a £100,000 luxury chicken coop which will sit in the grounds of his country pile in rural Gloucestershire.

The FSA has told asset managers their own profits must not come as a result of poor treatment of consumers.

Asian and US markets closed lower overnight as the latest economic data emerging from leading economies around the world continued to worry investors.

The former chairman of Olympus has pleaded guilty to charges of falsifying accounts ahead of his trial.

Shares in Bumi, the London-listed coal miner, plunged over 25% today after it revealed an Indonesian miner it part owns is under investigation over potential financial irregularities.

Global markets sold off this morning as bullish sentiment over central bank moves showed signs of losing momentum.

High street retailer JJB Sports is set to announce it is calling in administrators, according to a report by Sky News.