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For a real-life Hunger Games, look no further than your local bank

16 Dec 2013:
Aditya Chakrabortty: The dystopian fantasy starring Jennifer Lawrence is a lot like real life – if you're a high-street bank employee
France on edge of return to recession, increasing pressure on Hollande

16 Dec 2013: French business sentiment sags, with manufacturing output down and jobs lost, as German economy continues to grow
Schäublefreude revisited

16 Dec 2013: The return to Angela Merkel's cabinet of the austerity-fixated Wolfgang Schäuble is a tragedy for the eurozone periphery
Taking risk straight to the top

16 Dec 2013: The Bank of England seems to have decided that concerns about weaknesses at big banks need to be heard more directly
Research on fines aims to show up banks that are behaving badly

Guardian Professional, 16 Dec 2013:
Despite all the talk about restoring trust, new LSE research shows banks are still getting big fines. But what's the reason?
City workers banking on bonus bonanza, poll finds

16 Dec 2013: City directors are hoping for a bumper year amid predictions of a 44% bonus increase for senior staff
Enda Kenny thanks Irish people after exit from IMF-EU bailout programme

15 Dec 2013: Taoiseach vows never to return to credit-fuelled property boom and says creation of jobs will be at centre of economic plan
EU proposes sharing cost of bank closures

15 Dec 2013: As the EU reveals a Eurozone cost-sharing scheme, ministers meet to consider blueprints on coping with bank failures
Banking reform bill could be approved before Christmas

15 Dec 2013: Bill designed to prevent further banking scandals and misconduct enters Lords for what could be the last time
Financial planners say the darndest things

15 Dec 2013: Sometimes money managers will go to any lengths to make people pay attention. Here's a few ways to get ahead of them
Bank scandals fuel boost in credit union membership

15 Dec 2013: Disillusioned savers flock to credit unions as alternative providers of savings accounts as well as loans
Financial offenders must be named if bank reforms are going to work

15 Dec 2013: Business leader: the shocking tale of Lloyds' mis-selling culture ended with a deserved £28m fine. But not one person was singled out for blame. As Iceland shows, that's got to change
Who was responsible for Lloyds' crass sales scheme? Don't ask the FCA

13 Dec 2013: Nils Pratley: Despite dishing out a £28m mis-selling fine, the Financial Conduct Authority doesn't seem interested in boardroom accountability
Office holiday parties are ripe for sexual harassment

13 Dec 2013:
Kate McGuinness: If businesses want to be friendlier to women, they can start by re-thinking Christmas parties, which often descend into misconduct
Best bits: charities and social investment – the how what and why?

Guardian Professional, 13 Dec 2013:
Sponsored content: A roundup of advice from our expert panel on how ethical investing can work for your charity