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Eurozone crisis live: US job figures could dent optimism
• Eurozone retail figures out at 10am expected to show fall• US jobs data at 1.30pm• Today’s agenda• Live blogging now @MartinFarrer9.04am: With the bankers still universally blamed for the current crisis, it seems relevant to mention that Sir Phillip Hampton, chairman of RBS, has gone on the Today programme to defend the decision to give Stephen Hester a £1m bonus. Jill Treanor, our city editor, was listening in and reports that although he conceded that bankers’ pay has become too high, Hester deserved his bonus and that he was paid less than his peers.
published date:Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:02:00 GMT