Hester: I, Not Robot
7 hours ago
RBS’s chief executive, Stephen Hester, disclosed that the £45bn injected by taxpayers into Royal Bank of Scotland will not be enough to cover the total costs of cleaning up the bank. But it doesn’t mean the money has gone forever, so long as he succeeds in returning RBS to sustainable profits.
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