If there's one thing the City can agree on, it's that any Libor-fiddling "behaviours" ought not to be tolerated. First up was ex-City minister Paul Myners, who suggested that "I think fines and public criticism will not stop these behaviours". Meanwhile, Barclays CEO Bob Diamond's memo to staff noted: "I am disappointed because many of these behaviours happened on my watch." Perhaps if City folk gave "behaviours" a good/bad moral dimension in the first place, they'd be under less fire.
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