It’s not all doom and gloom. Doubts may be emerging over the viability of the Geithner plan and rioters may be coming to the City, but a management consulting firm is looking for bankers. According to various sources, management consultancy group EACG is looking for 100 bankers for its team of 250. City AM says the jobs will be project based, but will last for three years, by which time things may even have improved.

Alvarez and Marshall hires nine people for its European financial institutions team. (Financial News)

Gordon says bankers are not hard working. (Telegraph)

Brown is ‘terribly fragile.’ (Telegraph)

RBS traders leaving. (The Times)

How to game Geithner’s bailout programmes. (Telegraph)

AIG paid bonuses early too. (FT)

AIG Europe executives say bonus return request is offensive blackmail. (FT)

Banks’ SIV exposure still huge. (Bloomberg)

Annual profits down 92.5% at RAB Capital. (The Times)

Yes, the value of your MBA is collapsing. (Business Insider)

Time to hire a security guard. (The Times)

Curbing mobocracy with competence. (NY Times)

Anyone who worked for Goldmorgan Stanley Financial Products should pretend they worked for Global Smith Farming Products and should get dirt tattoos done under their finger nails. (Fintag)

What teachers think of the financial crisis. (Guardian)