Rein in top bankers with monetary penalties

WHAT to do about failing banks and the bankers who pushed them over the edge is still making headlines.

Sat, 23 Jan, 2010 - 00:00
Brian O'Mahony

The latest to get in on the act is the doyen of investors, Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway.

He told Fox television yesterday that the best way to keep banks in their place is to make bank chief executives wholly responsible.

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