Things worth reading: 10th August 2012

Things we're reading today include ...

Standard Chartered: Why the anti-British conspiracy theory doesn't add up
The Telegraph

Standard Chartered: My dollar, my rules
Economist

George Osborne calls Tim Geitner to demand "fair treatment" of Standard Chartered
The Telegraph

 

UBS staff 'offered protection from prosecution in Libor probe'
The Telegraph

Watchdog: Disgraced Libor could be killed off
The Independent

Libor needs to be replaced, says Sir Mervyn King
The Telegraph

FSA’s Wheatley should beware Libor mission creep
Financial Times

 

Barclays hires the City's clean-up man as chairman to restore damaged image
The Independent

FSA names Diamond's nemesis as tough new prosecutor
The Independent

 

Payday lender fined more than half a million pounds after being duped by ID fraud
The Independen

Payday loan firm shut down by OFT
BBC

 

Law firms warn of eurozone break-up
BBC

The European Central Bank: Draghi’s plan
Economistt

Christian Noyer: ECB determined to have strong impact on market
The Telegraph

  

Automated trading: The Lazarus of Wall Street
The Economist

Concerns grow over prospects for sterling
Financial Times

Public 'more disillusioned than ever' with banks, Which? finds
The Telegraph