Things we're reading today include ...
New Government
Bank's chief hails deficit plan - BBC
Osborne to chair banking committee - Financial Times
Osborne faces EU defeat on hedge funds - The Times
How scared should UK banking be of the George and Vince
show? - The Telegraph
Tut-tut
Prosecutors comb through Wall Street's mortgage deals
- The Independent
US banks may have 'misled ratings agencies' - The Telegraph
Wall St banks in new ‘toxic mortgage’ inquiry - The Times
Banks' links with rating agencies probed - Financial Times
Usual stuff
Ban on lawyer who aided boiler rooms - The Times
Cost of overdraft at highest level for a decade despite
base rate low - The Independent
Bankruptcies to keep on rising - BBC
Call to help exporters as trade gap hits £7.5bn - The Independent
City shocked as trade balance lurches further into the
red - The Independent
Companies
Deutsche Bank’s doubts over debts - The Times
Standard Chartered to raise $600m with listing in
India - The Times
S&P puts LCH.Clearnet rating 'on creditwatch' -
Financial Times

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