Julia Finch
Julia Finch is the Guardian's City editor
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Wanted: new Morrisons CEO. Same as old one, but without the mistakesNo one thinks Dalton Philips’ strategy to turn the supermarket’s fortunes around was the wrong one – he just started too late
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Tesco's arrogance and complacency towards rivals has cost them dearly
Firm's new chief executive faces mother of all turnarounds as he battles competition from both discount and upmarket retailers
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Philip Clarke fiddled while Tesco burnedThe CEO played a bad hand poorly, failing to drop Sir Terry Leahy's foreign misadventures quick enough and refocus pronto on the core UK business, writes Julia Finch
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How did Philip Clarke find himself alone at the top of Tesco?
Supermarket boss under mounting pressure as retailer's share of the UK grocery market finds itself at a 10-year low
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Niall Booker hired as new Co-op Bank executiveIt is hoped veteran HSBC banker Niall Booker will help nurse struggling Co-op Bank back to health
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Barclays and HBOS: two banks, two different fatesSeparate reports into the crises at two of Britain's largest lenders revealed a common cause of their problems, but widely varying careers in the aftermath of the crash
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Top 10 stock market tips for the uncertain year aheadOur writers' 2012 choices jumped nearly 20% on average. How will they fare in 2013?
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Neither a borrower or a lender be? Actually it's savers who suffer mostIt's true that too little is being lent in our moribund economy – but rates are so low that they can't protect savings from inflation
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Bob Diamond at the select committee: six things we learnedThe Treasury's cross-examination of the former Barclays chief revealed that the FSA had long had concerns about him
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Lloyds bank business barometer shows confidence plunged last monthLloyds Bank business barometer fell to -21% from +26% last month, indicating respondents' negative outlook about economy
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Our share tips for 2012The eurozone crisis, fears of recession and a consumer spending crunch made 2011 a volatiel year for investors. Ten Guardian business writers give their share tips for 2012
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Imagine if UBS had been RBS. Would it have survived this?The rogue trading scandal may not inflict intolerable financial damage on the Swiss bank – but the blow to its battered reputation is severe indeed
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Bad news from Dixons. Expect moreJulia Finch: the electrical retailer reported a 7% fall in sales across Europe. Expectations are so low that this news didn't move the share price
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The City forgives trespasses – perhaps too readily when money talksJulia Finch: only months after Tony Hayward's near-death experience at BP, he is back in the oil business
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Item Club warns ringfencing banks will harm growthForecasting group says that Sir John Vickers' likely proposals could wipe 0.3% off GDP
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Europe's biggest central banker cannot stay in the wings for everAs the crisis in Italy and Spain threatens their eurozone neighbours, Jean-Claude Trichet is playing a dangerous game by standing apart
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While the world watches Washington suffer, disaster still stalks EuropeJulia Finch: With Greece a lost cause, the danger now comes from Spain and Italy
Shell confirms agreed £47bn bid for UK gas producer BG Group