Financial services groups are finding it increasingly challenging to appoint chairmen who are qualified to grapple with the governance, regulatory and pay issues surrounding the industry.

Mr McFarlane, who will join Barclays at the start of 2015, said himself last year that there are probably less than a dozen individuals equipped to run a large British bank.

Sir John Sunderland, the Barclays director who led the search for a new chairman, said the bank had set very challenging requirements for its new chairman and I am very pleased that we have identified someone who met all of our criteria.

Sir David, Mr McFarlanes predecessor, had committed to no more than three years at the bank after being parachuted in following the Libor scandal.

Barclays new chairman has been widely praised during his two-year stint at Aviva. The insurers former chief executive was forced to stand down amid a pay row just weeks before Mr McFarlane was scheduled to join, forcing the Australian to take charge.

In his six months as executive chairman and in the ensuing months under new chief executive Mark Wilson, the groups shares have almost doubled.

Barclays shares rose 2pc while Avivas fell by 1pc. Mr McFarlane said that he was leaving the company in safe hands.

Virgin Money, which was created out of the ashes of the good bank of Northern Rock in 2012, appointed Mr Moreno as it posted a fourfold rise in underlying profits in the first half of the year.

The company is gearing up for a float in the coming months, although chief executive Jayne-Anne Gadhia said this would depend on market conditions.

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The thought that today's kids will certainly have no concept of what VHS cassettes were is a little sad for those of us who grew up taping TV, rewinding movies, and messing with that mysterious tracking dial. But VHS cassette tapes will be far from forgotten as long as a few skateboarders embrace these retro-styled decks from 5BORONYC.

To anyone born after DVDs were introduced, the artwork on these decks will probably be a little obscure. But to their parents, there will be no doubt that the artists who created these designs were trying to emulate the cardboard sleeves that used to hold blank VHS tapes. And they certainly succeeded. If you're old enough, it's hard to look at these $50 skateboards without brands like Memorex, Fuji, and TDK popping into your head. [5BORONYC via designboom]

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New Delhi, Sep 10, 2014, (PTI) :

Clearing the decks for mega disinvestment drive, the government today approved diluting its equity stake in bluechip companies Coal India, ONGC and NHPC, which is likely to fetch Rs 43,000 crore to exchequer.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the disinvestment of 10 per cent paid-up equity capital in Coal India (CIL), an official statement said.

At present, the government shareholding in the coal mining company is 89.65 per cent."The decision to disinvest would help the government realise an optimum price for the offer for sale of 10 per cent of the government's shareholding in the company," it said.

The CCEA also cleared selling government's 5 per cent paid-up capital in ONGC and "this would further broad base the shareholding of the company and would enhance disinvestment receipts". Government's stake in the company stands at 68.94 per cent.

Besides these two, 11.36 per cent disinvestment in hydro power generator NHPC was also approved. Government holds 85.96 per cent stake in company.

At current market prices, the sale of shares in state- owned CIL, ONGC and NHPC could garner over Rs 23,000 crore, Rs 18,000 crore and Rs 2,800 crore respectively, helping the government meet its disinvestment target of Rs 43,425 crore for this fiscal.

Meanwhile, sources said the stake sale in the three companies would be done through the Offer For Sale (OFS) process, popularly known auction route.

The government has already selected merchant bankers for managing ONGC and NHPC disinvestment and is in the process for doing so for CIL.

ONGC shares closed at Rs 445.30, down 0.79 per cent at BSE. CIL shares last traded at Rs 373.85 (down 1.80 per cent) and of NHPC at Rs 22.40 (down 0.44 per cent).

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