RBS reports £1.13bn annual loss

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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reported an annual loss of £1.13bn for 2010, improving on the previous year but still falling short of analyst expectations.

Although the bank made an operating profit of £1.91bn, it was particularly hard hit by a £1.11bn tax charge. Forecasts compiled by Bloomberg had estimated it would make a loss of £406.5m. RBS has previously racked up losses of £3.6bn in 2009 and £24.3bn in 2008, when it was bailed out by the government. In Q4, RBS made a profit of £12m, improving upon the £765m loss in the same period in 2009. Meanwhile, the bank's impairment charges on bad loans also fell 33% to £9.26bn. Chairman Philip Hampton says: "The return to operating profit reflects both the internal rebuilding proce...

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