Things worth reading: 31st August 2012

Things we're reading today include:

Barclays’ new boss: The anti-Bob
Economist

New boss at Barclays pledges to change its culture
The Independent

New Barclays boss pledges to deal with scandals
The Telegraph

Barclays at risk of US scrutiny in Qatar probe
Financial Times

Barclays – playing politics
Financial Times

 

Abigail Johnson handed control of Fidelity's $1.6 trillion core business
The Telegraph

Downing Street could ease IPO rules
Financial Times

City cull sends Hays' UK arm into the red
The Independent

Spain's bailed-out Bankia 'loses €4.3bn in six months'
The Telegraph

Financial crisis: the printing press has reached its limits
The Telegraph

 

Online payments: Virtual spring
The Economist

Free exchange: The geography of poverty
The Economist

Buttonwood: Democracies and debt
The Economist

Foreign banks in India: Into another country
The Economist