Northern Rock, HSBC, Middle East investors

Northern Rock, HSBC, Middle East investors

Author: Financial Times February 28, 2011 Duration: 14:40
In this week's podcast: Northern Rock's return to riskier lending; HSBC and its full year results; Middle East investors and tension in Italy over UniCredit.Stateside is by Justin Baer.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff and Lina Saigo in the studio and Rachel Sanderson in Milan.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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