This morning, the chief executive of RBS Stephen Hester appeared on Radio 4's Today programme to discuss the recent furore over his bonus. Hester revealed he nearly resigned over the crisis and agreed that bankers have been making too much. Here's the full transcript for CoffeeHousers. James Naughtie: Banker without a bonus? You might say he’s a lonely figure in his business; he...

as near as I can figure our iPad does everything my laptop could do about 3 years ago. Tchah! Do you not understand? It does it more expensively which is just wonderful, isn’t it?

Labour has urged ministers to block six-figure bonuses for Network Rail bosses, insisting they have the power to prevent such payouts.

Alastair Campbell reckons MPs are more likely to suffer from mental health issues than the one-in-four figure for the general population.

Sir David Higgins becomes latest figure at centre of bonus row, with company set to approve plan to give 60pc of salary as bonus.

Decision to strip former RBS chief executive Fred Goodwin of knighthood criticised by leading business figure.

One matter of interest about the current GOP race - in spite of Newt Gingrich's recent surge of popularity, the main target of the Obama campaign and it's surrogates remains - Mitt Romney. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the major public employee union is spending 7 figure sums on ads depicting Governor Romney as an out of touch greedy plutocrat...

Let’s say £500,000 a year, a figure that includes bonuses, share options, pensions and benefits. Silly but brave, given that both his editor and his editor’s boss at GMG would take a pay cut under this scheme.

Manchester United has Total debt now 2011 £590.4m, up from 2009 figure of £566.1m. While Peacock debt was of £240m. Which company have gone into administration, this can't be fair.

PoliticsHome reports: Vince Cable has unveiled a raft of measures to combat excess executive pay, including binding votes for shareholders and a ‘clawback’ of salaries of failed bosses. In a surprise move, the Business Secretary told MPs one day earlier than expected that the Government will require firms to provide a single figure for each