Nils Pratley

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  M&S saves its Christmas with cost cuts - more to come?

  10 Jan 2012: There's nothing with wrong with cost-cutting, but it is unexplained how Marks & Spencer, over the course of the past year, has saved £90m

• Philipp Hildebrand had to go to protect the Swiss National Bank

  9 Jan 2012: The compromised president of the Swiss central bank had no choice but to resign – one only wonders why it took him so long, says Nils Pratley

• PricewaterhouseCoopers has paid too small a price

  6 Jan 2012: Regulator's record fine of £1.4m for auditor in JP Morgan Securities case is not big enough to make an impact on PwC

• Euro plunges on fears of banking crisis

  5 Jan 2012: The Italian bank UniCredit warned its investors of the potential risk of a break-up of the single currency as the euro was battered to a 16-month low against the pound

• Hungary's woes provide yet another reason to worry about European banks

  5 Jan 2012:

  Nils Pratley: Hungary can't auction its debt, the forint is in freefall, protesters are on the street … and European banks are exposed again

• Gareth Davis takes chairmanship number three

  4 Jan 2012: Nils Pratley: Gareth Davis, who bowed out as chief executive of Imperial Tobacco in May 2010, has now accepted his third gig

• Unhappy new year for Greece

  3 Jan 2012: Greece is struggling to persuade enough investors to accept 50% 'haircuts' on its debt – that could well be because they fear the final figure could still go higher

• The Less Rich List

  25 Dec 2011: Stock market turmoil this year has ravaged personal fortunes of several business tycoons. Nils Pratley reveals the damage
  

• The Less Rich List 2011 - in pictures

  Gallery (7 pictures), 25 Dec 2011:

  Stockmarket turmoil this year has dented personal fortunes of several business tycoons, Nils Pratley reveals

• Blacks Leisure's decline is about failing to keep pace with its rivals

  22 Dec 2011: Troubled outdoor goods retailer Blacks Leisure remains the market leader – which is why it shouldn't be in this perilous place

• ECB's €489bn loans to banks are only a short-term fix

  21 Dec 2011:

  Investors are right to be wary – the central bank's huge liquidity operation still leaves the eurozone crisis unresolved

• McGrath's timely exit from the Pru

  20 Dec 2011: The chairman has paid the price for last year's bungled bid for Asian insurer AIA which cost £450m in fees

• George Osborne has handed HSBC what looks like a get-out clause

  19 Dec 2011: HSBC's management had been terrified that £35bn of fresh capital would be needed to support assets mostly held outside the UK

• HMV hit by 'material uncertainties' will sell off live music venues

  19 Dec 2011: The only good news for HMV is that decline in sales is moderating. Like-for-like sales in retail were down 11.9% in the half-year, against 15.8% a year ago, writes Nils Pratley

• ECB is playing a dangerous game

  16 Dec 2011: Bond yields appear to be falling because the European Central Bank is prepared to inject massive quantities of liquidity into the eurozone banking system

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