The Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc

LONDON, August 5, 2011 - The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has posted first half operating profits of 1871m, up over half a billion pounds on the same time last year, but its core bank has posted lower profits quarter on quarter due mainly to the sovereign debt crisis, UK economic slowdown and international economic uncertainty.

LONDON, February 24, 2011 - The Royal Bank of Scotland Group reported full year group operating profits of GBP1.9bn today against a loss for the same period last year, evidence its CEO Stephen Hester said that the "recovery story was going well".

LONDON, August 6, 2010 - In a video interview with financial broadcaster www.cantos.com, CEO Stephen Hester discusses the bank's half-year performance and underlines the progress made in its core business as well as the progress it's making disposing of some of it non-core assets..