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Fred the Shred

Ex-HBOS Boss Quits Job With Private Equity Firm

PA | Posted 05.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Hbos, Fred Goodwin, Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, Andy Hornby, Sir James, UK News, Treasury, Lord Stevenson, Banking Crisis, Rbs, UK Business, Sir James Crosby, News, Fred the Shred, UK News

Former HBOS chief executive Sir James Crosby has stepped down from his role with private equity firm Bridgepoint following a damning report into the c...

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Worse Than Fred The Shred?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Hbos, Fred Goodwin, Andy Hornby, Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, UK News, Sir James, Treasury, Lord Stevenson, Rbs, Banking Crisis, UK Business, Sir James Crosby, News, Fred the Shred, UK News

Bankers who ran HBOS in the run-up to its dramatic collapse are ultimately to blame for its failures, and should never be allowed to work in the finan...

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Could the Bankers Leave Our Money on the Dresser on Their Way Out?

Nick Wealthall | Posted 13.04.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Stephen Hester, Bankers Bonuses, Bankers, UK, Salaries, Fred Goodwin, Fred the Shred, Student Loans, Video, UK Comedy News
Nick Wealthall

Bankers' bonuses are in the news again. Actually so are Network Rail's and the people who do student loans. Give it a week or two and that extra fiver I gave my cleaner for doing the fridge last week will be under scrutiny.

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Fred the Shred: (Some) Justice at Last

Andy Hayes | Posted 01.04.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Business, Oliver Kamm, Fred Goodwin, Fred the Shred, Rbs, UK Politics, UK Economy, Goodwin Knighthood, Banking, Banker Bonuses, Bankers, UK Politics News
Andy Hayes

So: did Fred Goodwin treat the British people as he would like to be treated himself? It seems unlikely, unless he's some sort of financial masochist, and his extremely generous pension firmly quashes that idea.

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Fred Goodwin Joins Robert Mugabe, Lester Piggott And Nicolae Ceausescu After Being Stripped of Knighthood

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 31.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Sir Fred Goodwin, UK News, Fred-the-Shred, UK Politics, Rbs, Nicolae Ceausescu, Robert Mugabe, Lester Piggott, Anthony Blunt, Royal Bank of Scotland, UK News

The inglorious stripping of Fred Goodwin’s knighthood today puts the former RBS boss in the company of a colourful list of characters who have exper...

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