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The Business: Barclays, HSBC and Northern Rock

On this week's Business podcast, we're all about the banks - what else?

Barclays and HSBC reported combined profits of £6bn this week - but the rot's set in at Northern Rock. The state-owned bank's losses for the same period are nudging towards £750m.

Deborah Hargreaves and Jill Treanor join Aditya Chakrabortty to assess the business banking boom - and the resulting bonus backlash - and ask whether the taxpayer will ever see a return on our investment in the Rock. Philip Augar, an investment-banker-turned-author, shares his thoughts too.

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