FINANCE & BANKING

Chancellor backs Bank of England governor's crackdown on 'irresponsible' bankers.

The Iraqi government and the KRG have clashed on unspecified parts of an oil deal made in December.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney to tighten financial regulation.

Market roundup: HSBC fails to impress with job cuts while Royal Mail delivers on news of full privatization

Bitcoin pioneer Erik Voorhees has launched an altcoin exchange to be run on iPhones which precludes another Mt.Gox scandal.

8,000 of the total 50,000 HSBC job cuts will be made in the bank's UK arm.

No deal would be the worst of catastrophes for cash-strapped Athens

The club's brand value is now worth more than $1.2bn, more than Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.

Review will look at the bank levy, imposed during the financial crisis, to protect customers of retail banks

The bonds and currency markets have picked up over the last months, which created jobs in the City

Athens looking for €5bn advance to be hub of new gas pipeline from Russia.

Athens decided to postpone the payment of the €300m (£218m, $338m) loan – a highly unusual step, but one that does not yet signal a formal default.

The company's group revenue was up 6.9%.

It is more than five times the amount of the previous record PPI fine.

But BCC predicts lower unemployment and earnings' growth.

Johnson Matthey leads the fallers on the FTSE 100 despite a 9% increase in dividend payout

Bolland took home a total of £2m.

The market in collectibles is growing rapidly.

The FCA could hand out a record fine if reports are to be believed

Apple borrows 250bn yen to raise cash for operations, dividends and buybacks.

Tsipras said Greek government had put forward 'realistic' proposal.

The number of properties available is "at its lowest level for many years"

England's top flight clubs in the 2013/14 season earned combined revenues of £3.26bn.

Leader summoned to Brussels as loan repayment deadline looms large.

Graham Martin of Optima Investment Management talks about markets and hedge fund strategies.

The index rose on the back of the ECB's announcement on interest rates

Nationwide says that there was an annual change of just 4.6%.

Morrisons sales were up by a modest 0.1%.

Prices were down by 1.9%