Well Gekko, Maybe Taking Time Out for Lunch Ain't Really Such a Wimpish Idea After All, Buddy ; Let's Get Back to Cool Heads and Ditch the Macho Image

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A MALE-DOMINATED and macho City culture of reckless risk-taking fuelled the financial crisis, according to new research.

It suggests that senior executives who urged caution were regarded as "wimpish" and that mistakes could have been avoided if more women had been in top positions.

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Well Gekko, Maybe Taking Time Out for Lunch Ain't Really Such a Wimpish Idea After All, Buddy ; Let's Get Back to Cool Heads and Ditch the Macho Image

Professor Khalid Aziz argues that the City needs more than new regulation; a transformation of British business culture is required.

Hollywood actor Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko became an icon for brutal and buccaneering capitalism...

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