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People
Stanley Druckenmiller to hang up his boots - The Telegraph
The letter that shook world of hedge funds - Financial Times
Companies
Barclays deal ‘raises questions of fairness and justice’ - Financial Times
Prosper Releases 12-Month Peer-to-Peer Lending Stats - Prosper
Swipely Opens to Public, But Are People Ready to Broadcast What They Buy? - Read Write Web
Goldman sues French bank over credit deal - Financial Times
Blackstone to invest $4bn in India - Financial Times
Technology
Google's social networking plans - BBC
Google boss predicts need for new names - BBC

Chris M Skinner
Chris Skinner is best known as an independent commentator on the financial markets through his blog, TheFinanser.com, as author of the bestselling book Digital Bank, and Chair of the European networking forum the Financial Services Club. He has been voted one of the most influential people in banking by The Financial Brand (as well as one of the best blogs), a FinTech Titan (Next Bank), one of the Fintech Leaders you need to follow (City AM, Deluxe and Jax Finance), as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal's Financial News. To learn more click here...