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<p>Things we&#39;re reading today include ...</p>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1744c6b9/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C86926890CHSBC0Esells0EUS0Ecredit0Ecard0Ebusiness0Ein0E320B7bn0Edeal0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">HSBC sells US credit card business in $32.7bn deal</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/17489482/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C86941550CCommerzbank0Etakes0E760Am0EGreek0Ehit0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Commerzbank takes €760m Greek hit</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/906b4674-c2d6-11e0-8cc7-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">US credit union regulator sues Goldman</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ZQdwa366HV8/" target="_blank">Cha-Ching: BankSimple Banks $10 Million In New Funds And Some Heavy-Hitting Partnerships</a><br />Techcrunch</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/1749bb60/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Ceuropes0Ebanks0Ein0Efreefall0Eas0Efear0Estalks0Ethe0Emarkets0Eonce0Eagain0E23355520Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Europe&#39;s banks in freefall as fear stalks the markets once again</a></div>
<div>The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/174908b2/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancialcrisis0C86935460CCan0Eanything0Edouse0Ethe0Eeconomic0Eflames0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Can anything douse the economic flames?</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1749627c/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C86941620CWeaker0Eeuro0Estates0Ecould0Elose0Elocal0Ebanks0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Weaker euro states could lose local banks</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1749122f/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancialcrisis0C86942380CNicolas0ESarkozy0Epledges0Edrastic0Eausterity0Emeasures0Eas0EFrench0Ebank0Eshares0Ecrash0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Nicolas Sarkozy pledges drastic austerity measures as French bank shares crash</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/174acc52/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C86940A530CUK0Ebanks0Ehave0Elow0Ecost0Eto0Eincome0Eratios0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">UK banks have low cost-to-income ratios</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1749627b/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Ceconomics0C86944520CGrim0Eoutlook0Efrom0EBank0Eof0EEngland0Erates0Estatic0Etill0E20A130Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Grim outlook from Bank of England: rates static till 2013</a></div>
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<div>The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/1749bb6b/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cprosecutors0Eseek0Emore0Ethan0Etwo0Edecades0Ein0Ejail0Efor0Eraj0Erajaratnam0E23355710Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Prosecutors seek more than two decades in jail for Raj Rajaratnam</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9d61e78-c2c4-11e0-8cc7-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Rajaratnam fights jail &#39;death sentence&#39;</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<p>Things we&#39;re reading today include &#8230;</p>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1744c6b9/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C86926890CHSBC0Esells0EUS0Ecredit0Ecard0Ebusiness0Ein0E320B7bn0Edeal0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">HSBC sells US credit card business in $32.7bn deal</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/17489482/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C86941550CCommerzbank0Etakes0E760Am0EGreek0Ehit0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Commerzbank takes €760m Greek hit</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/906b4674-c2d6-11e0-8cc7-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">US credit union regulator sues Goldman</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ZQdwa366HV8/" target="_blank">Cha-Ching: BankSimple Banks $10 Million In New Funds And Some Heavy-Hitting Partnerships</a><br />Techcrunch</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/1749bb60/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Ceuropes0Ebanks0Ein0Efreefall0Eas0Efear0Estalks0Ethe0Emarkets0Eonce0Eagain0E23355520Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Europe&#39;s banks in freefall as fear stalks the markets once again</a></div>
<div>The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/174908b2/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancialcrisis0C86935460CCan0Eanything0Edouse0Ethe0Eeconomic0Eflames0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Can anything douse the economic flames?</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1749627c/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C86941620CWeaker0Eeuro0Estates0Ecould0Elose0Elocal0Ebanks0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Weaker euro states could lose local banks</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1749122f/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancialcrisis0C86942380CNicolas0ESarkozy0Epledges0Edrastic0Eausterity0Emeasures0Eas0EFrench0Ebank0Eshares0Ecrash0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Nicolas Sarkozy pledges drastic austerity measures as French bank shares crash</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/174acc52/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C86940A530CUK0Ebanks0Ehave0Elow0Ecost0Eto0Eincome0Eratios0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">UK banks have low cost-to-income ratios</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1749627b/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Ceconomics0C86944520CGrim0Eoutlook0Efrom0EBank0Eof0EEngland0Erates0Estatic0Etill0E20A130Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Grim outlook from Bank of England: rates static till 2013</a></div>
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<div>The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/1749bb6b/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cprosecutors0Eseek0Emore0Ethan0Etwo0Edecades0Ein0Ejail0Efor0Eraj0Erajaratnam0E23355710Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Prosecutors seek more than two decades in jail for Raj Rajaratnam</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9d61e78-c2c4-11e0-8cc7-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Rajaratnam fights jail &#39;death sentence&#39;</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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