20 Nov 2012

UBS rogue trader jailed for seven years

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UBS rogue trader jailed for seven years

We start with the story of the rogue trader at UBS who lost £1.4bn.
Kweku Adoboli has been jailed for seven years in an emblematic case which exposes a culture that prevailed both before and after the financial meltdown.
Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy has been in court through most of the trial, her report at 7.

Read more..UBS trader found guilty of ‘UK’s biggest fraud’>

Hewlett-Packard controversy

A stunning development from the computer giant Hewlett Packard which has just announced that a British company it bought for almost $10bn could be worth less than a seventh of that sum.
Dr Mike Lynch, the founder of Autonomy, the company it acquired, is reported to have made some $500m from the sale.
H-P claims accounting irregularities and a failure to disclose, allegations denied by Mr Lynch who was praised in speeches by David Cameron as an example to us all before today’s claims were made.
Economics Editor Faisal Islam has been watching these extraordinary developments unfold.

Israel and Hamas ceasefire nears

As we go to air at 7, all being well, Israel and Hamas will announce a ceasefire which will come into force at 10pm our time tonight but at the same time the civilian population in great swathes of the Gaza Strip have been warned to stay away from the homes and move further inland, suggesting there may be a final Israeli assault of some scale. Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports.

Read more..Israel and Hamsa ‘agree to ceasefire’>

Coulson and Brooks face charges over payments

You will almost certainly have lost track of how many charges Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson now face.
Today a new slew of charges have been brought against them, this time concerning allegations of payments to public officials.
One woman at the MoD is alleged to have received £100,000 over ten years. Home Affairs Correspondent Andy Davies is on the case.

Read more..Coulson and Brooks to be charged over alleged payments>

Energy firms ‘forced’ to offer lowest tariffs

 The government has announced the simplification of the energy sector and the tariffs that can now be offered to consumers.
It’s claiming that the electricity and gas companies will be forced to offer the lowest tariffs, but when I interviewed the Secretary of State for Energy, Ed Davey, he was unable to tell me the numbers his department most surely know of who will benefit. Mr Davey claims the average consumer will be better off. Political Correspondent Michael Crick is lighting the fires

Read more..Davey:’majority’ of consumers to benefit from energy plan>

Church of England votes against women bishops

We’ve just heard the Church of England has decided against allowing the ordination of women bishops. 

Katie Razzall was at the vote at Church House. There was already pretty bitter division in the church – so what now?

Read more..Church of England votes on women bishops>

And finally, Business Correspondent Sarah Smith has a timely expose of payday loan companies and their failure to check to the people to whom they lend can afford to borrow.

Your hosts tonight, Cathy Newman and this son of a bishop, Jon Snow.

Business news

The FTSE closed at 5,748.10, up 10 points.
£1 buys $1.59 or 1.24 euros
 

Tonight’s weather

Outbreaks of rain across southern and eastern parts of the UK, turning heavy and persistent in places. Scattered showers and strong winds across northwest Scotland and Northern Ireland. Becoming mainly dry across many northern areas and the far south west.

Tomorrow’s weather

Scattered showers in parts of the northwest, as well as rain in the south and east, will gradually clear. Largely dry and bright by the afternoon.

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