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Barclays fined for attempts to manipulate Libor rates 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18612279

' Barclays said the actions "fell well short of standards". Chief executive Bob Diamond is to give up his bonus.'

That's like a spoof article quote from Private Eye ffs.

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Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:18 pm
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Just what I was thinking.
"I'll give my bonus because I got caught braking the law".
What ever happened to falling on your sword?

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Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:43 pm
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whatever happened to being prosecuted when you've been found to have committed a crime?


Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:45 pm
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jonbwfc wrote:
whatever happened to being prosecuted when you've been found to have committed a crime?

Bingo.

If I submit the wrong figures on my JSA work declaration form, I don't eat that week. However, if I submit the wrong figures to commit fraud on a gargatuan scale, I get fined a fraction of the money I made.

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Neatly summarising the current situation..

The Now Show

Scroll it forward to 19 minutes.


Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:21 pm
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18663470

As talked about above...

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It seems to me everyone agrees, at least in public, that it should be done just there's no confidence in any of the people in power to actually do it.

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