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The high court has partially lifted the gagging order brought by Sir Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, after details of his alleged extra-marital affair were made public in the House of Lords.

As the pressure mounts for the contents of Sir Fred Goodwin's "super-injunction" to be revealed, a peer has used Parliamentary rules to reveal more details in the House of Commons.

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 ahead of the Independent Commission on Banking's (ICB) interim report, expected on Monday. The ICB was set up by the Coalition government last year.

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading, although Lloyds Banking Group saw its shares decline after a former Financial Services minister called on the bank to be broken up.

Shares in RBS were up on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading, despite Britain's largest trade union, Unite, accusing the bank of being a "horror story".

RBS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Government-owned is lining up a bid for the football team which owes it over two thirds of all its debts.

Last week a number of banks issued 2010 first-half results. Northern Rock, HSBC, Standard Chartered and Lloyds all released figures showing overall profits in their operations that were good given the current market conditions in their field of activity. All, including Northern Rock, were able to demonstrate the benefits of the "universal model" of banking and senior executives from these companies, both on and off the record, were keen to emphasise their belief in the continuance of thi...

ITV, who announced ad revenues up 18 pct yesterday, are moving towards pay-TV according to new chief executive Adam Crozier - who is following News Corp in erecting a pay-wall over how its users interact with its online services.

Shares in Standard Chartered were down in morning trading on the FTSE 100 despite reporting a rise in pre-tax profit of 10 per cent in the half year ended 30 June 2010.

AstraZeneca, BAT and Centrica are all featured in Friday's Broker Tips as we look at the companies starting A, B and C - it should be easy!

The British Banker's association has said that high street lending figures for June show a net consumer credit, business credit and mortgage lending fall.

Santander is apparently gearing up to launch an IPO for its Abbey National and Alliance & Leicester UK (including Bradford & Bingley deposits) onto the stock market to raise money for its expansion here.

Taylor Wimpey, a FTSE 250 housebuilder, has seen a recovery in sales in a trading statement released today.

Minutes on the meeting for the Interest Rate decision revealed today show the BoE voted 7-1 in favour of holding rates at 0.5 pct.

Santander is confirmed as the only bidder today for RBS' approximately 318 historic ex-Williams & Glyn's banking branches.

RBS, the Royal Bank of Scotland has lined up three bidders for Worldpay and expects to sell more businesses and branches later this year.

Shares in British banks plummeted on the FTSE 100 thanks to a flurry of worries in the world of finance.

RBS shares have fallen on the FTSE 100 as it emerged that American Express had joined the bidding for its Worldpay - payment processing.

One of the less talked about points about last Friday's election results is that the Conservative Party has been denied victory, or at least an outright victory due to a strong showing by Labour in Scotland.