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• RBS boss apologises over losses
  Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chairman, Sir Tom McKillop, says he is "profoundly sorry" for the bank's financial difficulties.
  
  
• Council warns of £2m income loss
  A Surrey council warns it faces a £2m loss in income if interest rates drop due to the credit crunch.
  
  
• How MSPs voted in the parliament
  A guide to how MSPs voted during business in the main chamber of the Scottish Parliament.
  
  
• UK borrowing rise 'is necessary'
  The government says it is "right to increase borrowing" as figures show public debt rose by £1.4bn last month.
  
  
• Country profile: Iceland
  Key facts, figures and dates
  
  
• Timeline: Iceland
  A chronology of key events
  
  
• Colombian scam suspect extradited
  Panama extradites a Colombian suspected of running the country's biggest pyramid finance scheme.
  
  
• Latvia to seek support from IMF
  Latvia becomes the second European Union country to seek the International Monetary Fund's help to stabilise its financial system.
  
  
• Putin vows to prevent 'collapse'
  Russia's prime minister vows to prevent another financial "collapse" in the country, referring to the crises in the 1990s.
  
  
• Timeline: United States of America
  A chronology of key events
  
  
• FBI helps money-laundering teams
  FBI agents are helping Jersey's anti money-laundering teams with how to detect and fight mortgage fraud.
  
  
• Panama 'holds Colombia scam boss'
  Panama has arrested a Colombian suspected of running a collapsed pyramid finance scheme, reports say.
  
  
• City Diaries
  Tales from the financial front-line - insiders' views of the biggest banking upheaval in decades
  
  
• Unions hold crisis Hoover talks
  Unions hold crisis talks with Hoover managers in south Wales and the assembly government after 337 jobs are threatened.
  
  
• PM finance meeting 'very useful'
  The first and deputy first ministers press Gordon Brown for financial aid ahead of Thursday's executive meeting.
  
  
• City Diaries: Your reactions
  
  
  
• Cash help call for middle-earners
  A Jersey politician wants more money to be given to middle-earners struggling with increased financial demands.
  
  
• Timeline: Argentina
  A chronology of key events from 1916 to 2007.
  
  
• Iceland £50m meeting 'positive'
  A visit to Iceland by finance chiefs from Kent County Council (KCC) to secure £50m invested in collapsed banks is described as "positive".
  
  
• US car companies seek $25bn aid
  The bosses of the three biggest US carmakers, Ford, GM and Chrysler ask Congress for a $25bn bail-out.