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Graham Stewart with the stories and issues making the news in business.

Graham Stewart with the stories and issues making the news in business from Scotland, the UK and around the world.

The Business: 15/02/2009

15/02/2009

BBC Radio Scotland - The Business, 15/02/2009

Graham Stewart questions the wisdom of the Lloyds TSB/HBOS merger following record losses.

Graham Stewart questions the wisdom of the Lloyds TSB/HBOS merger following record losses reported this week.

Graham Stewart questions the wisdom of Lloyds TSB's merger with HBOS in light of worse than expected record losses at HBOS.

BBC Scotland's business and economy editor, Douglas Fraser, explains the scale of the problem and the prospects of legal action by shareholders against both the bank and the government.

However, former Bank of Scotland boss, Sir Peter Burt, who campaigned against the merger last autumn, tells us why the takeover still remains 'the deal of the century'.

We also hear from Robert McDowall, banking economist and a supporter of the Merger Action Group, which tried and failed to block the deal at the end of last year.

Plus, there's an interview with Bob Keiller, chief executive of Production Services Network, the Aberdeen-based service contractor to exploration and production customers throughout the world.

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