U.K. Banks Face Government Levy

Five U.K. banks may have to pay hundreds of millions of pounds in a levy that aims to charge them for the risks they pose to the country’s economy.

The planned bank levy will raise a total of 2.5 billion pounds ($3.59 billion) a year from 2012 onwards, The Wall Street Journal said.

The levy has two goals, according to Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban.

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U.K. Banks Face Government Levy originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:02:00.

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Court Clears Path to Sale of England’s Liverpool Football Club

A London court ordered the owners of Liverpool Football Club to reverse changes to the club’s board, a move that could allow England’s most successful soccer club to be sold to the group that controls the Boston Red Sox.

Tom Hicks and George Gillett,…