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<p>Things we&#39;re reading today include ...</p>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/167ae93e/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C86219230CLehman0EBrothers0Esecretly0Eborrowed0Efrom0Ethe0EFed0Ebefore0Ecollapse0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Lehman Brothers secretly borrowed from the Fed before collapse</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14046113" target="_blank">HSBC &#39;held&#39; overdrawn customer</a><br />BBC</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/vTWgM8f1HHY/how-america-ceded-capitalism-s-bastion-to-germans-seizing-nyse" target="_blank">How the NYSE Fell to Deutsche Boerse</a><br />Business Week</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/167ae97a/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Ceurope0Ethreatens0Emad0Eratings0Eagencies0E230A80A420Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Europe threatens &#39;mad&#39; ratings agencies</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14043293" target="_blank">Ratings agencies come under fire</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/ttEiVGH1fDY/ireland-may-be-next-to-face-junk-as-moody-s-cuts-portugal" target="_blank">Ireland May Be Next to Face Junk Status</a><br />Business Week</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/9H-_u9SsQbw/credit-raters-who-didn-t-predict-iceland-crisis-miss-rebound" target="_blank">Ratings Agencies May Miss Iceland&#39;s Rebound</a><br />Business Week</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/167ae970/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cinvestment0Ebankers0Ein0Eline0Efor0Ebonus0Ebonanza0Eas0Eincome0Esoars0E230A80A40A0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Investment bankers in line for bonus bonanza as income soars</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/k2u7yYvvSKo/swiss-banks-block-access-to-offshore-accounts-on-tax-deals" target="_blank">Swiss Banks Block Offshore Accounts on Taxes</a><br />Business Week</div>
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<p>Things we&#39;re reading today include &#8230;</p>
<p><div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/167ae93e/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C86219230CLehman0EBrothers0Esecretly0Eborrowed0Efrom0Ethe0EFed0Ebefore0Ecollapse0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Lehman Brothers secretly borrowed from the Fed before collapse</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14046113" target="_blank">HSBC &#39;held&#39; overdrawn customer</a><br />BBC</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/vTWgM8f1HHY/how-america-ceded-capitalism-s-bastion-to-germans-seizing-nyse" target="_blank">How the NYSE Fell to Deutsche Boerse</a><br />Business Week</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/167ae97a/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Ceurope0Ethreatens0Emad0Eratings0Eagencies0E230A80A420Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Europe threatens &#39;mad&#39; ratings agencies</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14043293" target="_blank">Ratings agencies come under fire</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/ttEiVGH1fDY/ireland-may-be-next-to-face-junk-as-moody-s-cuts-portugal" target="_blank">Ireland May Be Next to Face Junk Status</a><br />Business Week</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/9H-_u9SsQbw/credit-raters-who-didn-t-predict-iceland-crisis-miss-rebound" target="_blank">Ratings Agencies May Miss Iceland&#39;s Rebound</a><br />Business Week</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/167ae970/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cinvestment0Ebankers0Ein0Eline0Efor0Ebonus0Ebonanza0Eas0Eincome0Esoars0E230A80A40A0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Investment bankers in line for bonus bonanza as income soars</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/k2u7yYvvSKo/swiss-banks-block-access-to-offshore-accounts-on-tax-deals" target="_blank">Swiss Banks Block Offshore Accounts on Taxes</a><br />Business Week</div>
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