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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/185deb2f/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C87633130CUK0Ebanks0Enot0Efacing0Edowngrade0Efollowing0EICB0Ereport0Esay0Ecredit0Eagencies0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">UK banks not facing downgrade following ICB report, say credit agencies</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/759e450a-dee5-11e0-a19c-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Transcript: roundtable on the Vickers report</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d36c9072-def1-11e0-9af3-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Deutsche Börse-NYSE deal to save extra $1bn</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/185c87a1/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C87640A0A60CLehman0EBrothers0Eloses0Ebid0Eto0Erecover0E50A0Am0Efrom0EBarclays0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Lehman Brothers loses bid to recover $500m from Barclays</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e28c7832-ded4-11e0-a228-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">E&amp;Y faces probe on Anglo Irish Bank audit</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/uuEzaBU1vYU/" target="_blank">PayPal To Unveil New Payments Platform For Merchants, Will Include Location-Based Offers And More</a><br />Techcrunch</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14913517" target="_blank">Barroso to put forward eurobonds</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/185c9208/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancialcrisis0C87640A570CGermany0Eand0EFrance0Eeurozone0Ewill0Enot0Eforce0Eout0EGreece0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Germany and France: eurozone will not force out Greece</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/185c7624/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cuk0Cpolitics0Ceus0Eultimatum0Eto0Egermany0Eact0Enow0Eto0Esave0Ethe0Eeuro0E23549850Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">EU&#39;s ultimatum to Germany: act now to save the euro</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/185c7623/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cworld0Ceurope0Cmerkel0Eundermined0Eby0Eoutspoken0Emps0E23549860Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Merkel undermined by outspoken MPs</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14818439" target="_blank">Could Greece be Europe&#39;s Lehman?</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/185c761a/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cfrench0Ebanks0Escramble0Eto0Eprove0Etheyre0Estrong0Eenough0Efor0Edebt0Ecrisis0E23548540Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">French banks scramble to prove they&#39;re strong enough for debt crisis</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/lDSuIZr4Ng4/ecb-lends-u-s-dollars-to-two-banks-as-markets-tighten" target="_blank">ECB Lends Dollars to Two Euro-Area Banks</a><br />Business Week</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14923544" target="_blank">UK sues the European Central Bank</a><br />BBC</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/185deb30/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C876360A50CUK0Eto0Esue0EECB0Eover0Eclearing0Ehouse0Eregulations0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">UK to sue ECB over clearing house regulations</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/Ki30x0YMGGc/deposit-flight-at-european-banks-means-risk-piling-up-at-ecb" target="_blank">Risk Rises for ECB as Europe Banks Lose Deposits</a><br />Business Week</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/9pKlMPragyA/barroso-vows-euro-bond-options-countering-german-concerns" target="_blank">Barroso Vows Plan for Euro Bonds</a><br />Business Week</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/VQK8nQo6b7A/swiss-1970s-inflation-specter-seen-in-snb-s-unlimited-sales" target="_blank">Swiss Bank Sales Raise 70s-Era Inflation Fear</a><br />Business Week</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/185deb2f/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C87633130CUK0Ebanks0Enot0Efacing0Edowngrade0Efollowing0EICB0Ereport0Esay0Ecredit0Eagencies0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">UK banks not facing downgrade following ICB report, say credit agencies</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/759e450a-dee5-11e0-a19c-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Transcript: roundtable on the Vickers report</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d36c9072-def1-11e0-9af3-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Deutsche Börse-NYSE deal to save extra $1bn</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/185c87a1/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C87640A0A60CLehman0EBrothers0Eloses0Ebid0Eto0Erecover0E50A0Am0Efrom0EBarclays0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Lehman Brothers loses bid to recover $500m from Barclays</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e28c7832-ded4-11e0-a228-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">E&amp;Y faces probe on Anglo Irish Bank audit</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/uuEzaBU1vYU/" target="_blank">PayPal To Unveil New Payments Platform For Merchants, Will Include Location-Based Offers And More</a><br />Techcrunch</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14913517" target="_blank">Barroso to put forward eurobonds</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/185c9208/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancialcrisis0C87640A570CGermany0Eand0EFrance0Eeurozone0Ewill0Enot0Eforce0Eout0EGreece0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Germany and France: eurozone will not force out Greece</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/185c7624/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cuk0Cpolitics0Ceus0Eultimatum0Eto0Egermany0Eact0Enow0Eto0Esave0Ethe0Eeuro0E23549850Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">EU&#39;s ultimatum to Germany: act now to save the euro</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/185c7623/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cworld0Ceurope0Cmerkel0Eundermined0Eby0Eoutspoken0Emps0E23549860Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Merkel undermined by outspoken MPs</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14818439" target="_blank">Could Greece be Europe&#39;s Lehman?</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/185c761a/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cfrench0Ebanks0Escramble0Eto0Eprove0Etheyre0Estrong0Eenough0Efor0Edebt0Ecrisis0E23548540Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">French banks scramble to prove they&#39;re strong enough for debt crisis</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/lDSuIZr4Ng4/ecb-lends-u-s-dollars-to-two-banks-as-markets-tighten" target="_blank">ECB Lends Dollars to Two Euro-Area Banks</a><br />Business Week</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14923544" target="_blank">UK sues the European Central Bank</a><br />BBC</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/185deb30/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C876360A50CUK0Eto0Esue0EECB0Eover0Eclearing0Ehouse0Eregulations0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">UK to sue ECB over clearing house regulations</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/Ki30x0YMGGc/deposit-flight-at-european-banks-means-risk-piling-up-at-ecb" target="_blank">Risk Rises for ECB as Europe Banks Lose Deposits</a><br />Business Week</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/9pKlMPragyA/barroso-vows-euro-bond-options-countering-german-concerns" target="_blank">Barroso Vows Plan for Euro Bonds</a><br />Business Week</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/VQK8nQo6b7A/swiss-1970s-inflation-specter-seen-in-snb-s-unlimited-sales" target="_blank">Swiss Bank Sales Raise 70s-Era Inflation Fear</a><br />Business Week</div>
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