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article 17 June 2013 UK
News
Co-op unveils £1.5bn rescue plan for bank

A rescue plan for the Co-operative's troubled banking arm is unveiled in a bid to plug a £1.5bn hole in its balance sheet.

article 16 June 2013 World
As leaders of some of the world's biggest economies head to the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, David Cameron has put tax at the top of the agenda (Getty)
by David Weisbloom What Britain wants from the G8 summit

As leaders of some of the world's biggest economies head to the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, David Cameron has put tax at the top of the agenda.

post 14 June 2013
Siobhan Kennedy is the Business Correspondent, and her beat includes everything from industrial action and the long term impact of the recession to where growth is coming from in the economy. Read more from Siobhan Kennedy G8 summit: don't bank on Britain's territories revealing all on tax

David Cameron says he wants a deal on tax transparency at the G8 summit. But with London widely regarded as "the mother of all tax havens", is he really serious?

post 13 June 2013
News Read more on Faisal Islam's blog The bankruptcy G8

Guests of David Cameron's G8 summit will not need to look further than their own doorstep for examples of a challenging world economy.

article 13 June 2013 Business
News
Rupert Murdoch to divorce Wendi Deng

Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his wife Wendi. She famously intervened when the media mogul was attacked with a foam pie.

article 13 June 2013 UK
Google tax row.
MPs: Google 'failing to pay fair share of tax'

Internet giant Google is criticised for "brazen" attempts to reduce its liabilities in the UK while HMRC and Britain's accountancy firms are under fire for "helping clients avoid taxes".

article 13 June 2013 UK
RBS set to shed 2,000 jobs
2,000 jobs to go at RBS after Stephen Hester exit

Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to announce 2,000 job losses in the wake of boss Stephen Hester's plans to stand down after five years at the helm.

article 12 June 2013 UK
Stephen Hester, departing CEO of RBS
RBS CEO Stephen Hester to step down

RBS Chief Executive Stephen Hester tells Channel 4 News he would have been prepared to take the bank through privatisation, but that "would have been the end of a journey".

article 12 June 2013 Business
Wages fall more in real terms than has ever been recorded before, putting pressure on people's standard of living, according to new research (Reuters)
'Unprecedented' fall in wages during downturn

Wages fall more in real terms than has ever been recorded before, putting pressure on people's standard of living, according to new research.

video 11 June 2013 UK

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Could you live a life of total anonymity? - video

As the debate over government data snooping rages, Channel 4 News speaks to one man who lives a life with no trace. No emails, no phone, no bank account: in other words - you don't officially exist.