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22/02/2009

Graham Stewart brings you news of the RBS sell-off, the Scottish paper industry and Iceland's financial woes. Plus an interview with Katherine Garrett-Cox, chief executive of Alliance Trust.

Graham Stewart brings you the stories and issues making the news in business.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland's business and economy editor, Douglas Fraser, looks ahead to a big week in banking as RBS and Lloyds TSB prepare to unveil their annual results. And what will plans by RBS to sell-off at least a fifth of its business mean for Scottish jobs?

Katherine Garrett-Cox, chief executive of Alliance Trust - Scotland's fifth largest plc - tells Douglas Fraser why taking the top job at the asset management company's Dundee headquarters was a good move.

Paper making has a proud history in Scotland but, as Gillian Sharpe reports, it's future is looking wafer thin after one of the country's last mills - International Paper of Inverurie - closes with the loss of 350 jobs.

And Magnus Bennett visits Iceland to find out how the caretaker government is attempting to recover from the nation's spectacular banking crash.

25 minutes

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Sun 22 Feb 2009 10:05

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  • Sun 22 Feb 2009 10:05