Heated Debate and Grilling the Bosses Can't Dispel the Chill

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ACHILL wind blew through the cavernous exhibition hall No3 at the SECC in Glasgow yesterday, and not even the anger of Lloyds TSB shareholders could heat the place up.

Almost 400 turned out for the general meeting, to vote on Lloyds TSB's takeover of HBOS. The outcome was - perhaps surprisingly, considering some of the heated arguments aired against it - strongly in favour. But many were keen to have their say and the board put up with two and a half hours of grilling in the otherwise chilly surroundings, before share-holders were able to use hand-held electronic voting devices to let their views be known.

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Heated Debate and Grilling the Bosses Can't Dispel the Chill

There were the gripes of shareholders being denied dividends while the government hogs the pay-outs - at least unti...

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