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<p>Things we&#39;re reading today include ...</p>
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<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/15F34MdXFUA/" target="_blank">Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors On The Death Of Steve Jobs</a><br />Techcrunch</div>
<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/eISarCjW4qc/" target="_blank">Steve Jobs Has Passed Away</a></div>
<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/eISarCjW4qc/" target="_blank"></a>Techcrunch</div>
<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/U_3LkATTcVg/" target="_blank">Steve Jobs: “Death Is The Destination We All Share”</a><br />Techcrunch</div>
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<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Z7ETpY3xryU/" target="_blank">Lack Of NFC In iPhone 4S Won’t Impact Market</a><br />Techcrunch</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1910e488/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C880A95740CUBS0Efailed0Eto0Eact0Eon0Erogue0Etrading0Eevidence0Ebefore0Elosing0E10B5bn0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">UBS failed to act on rogue trading evidence before losing £1.5bn</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15191350" target="_blank">UBS to take &#39;disciplinary action&#39;</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/19113202/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cubs0Eexecutives0Equit0Eover0Escandal0E23660A770Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">UBS executives quit over scandal</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/04993d2a-ef6f-11e0-941e-00144feab49a?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Banks face new European stress tests</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/190f0fa1/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancialcrisis0C880A850A80CEC0ENo0Eplan0Eto0Erecapitalise0Ebanks0Ehas0Ebeen0Eagreed0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">EC: No plan to recapitalise banks has been agreed</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/83379920-edde-11e0-a491-00144feab49a?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Warning of unintended outcomes of Tobin tax&#0160;</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15178769" target="_blank">VIDEO: Hague: Euro &#39;a burning building&#39;</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/191131fa/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cimf0Eready0Eto0Eintervene0Ein0Ebid0Eto0Eboost0Eeurozone0Econfidence0E23660A630Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">IMF ready to intervene in bid to boost eurozone confidence</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15180210" target="_blank">Shares up on eurozone bank plan</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/21795954-ef59-11e0-918b-00144feab49a?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Ireland stakes claim to eurozone rescue fund</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/19113200/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cfrench0Ebank0Efears0Erejected0Eby0Emorgan0Estanley0E23661120Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">French bank fears rejected by Morgan Stanley</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/190c194d/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cworld0Ceurope0Citalys0Ecredit0Erating0Eslashed0Eamid0Ewarnings0Eof0Eworse0Eto0Ecome0E23657680Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Italy&#39;s credit rating slashed amid warnings of worse to come</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/kuTsl3h2Fqs/dexia-may-be-left-as-bad-bank-as-governments-shun-injections" target="_blank">Dexia May Be Carved Up and Left as Bad Bank</a><br />Business Week</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14158565" target="_blank">How to make sense of big data</a><br />BBC</div>
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<p>Things we&#39;re reading today include &#8230;</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-15256" src="https://finansernextjs.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/6a01053620481c970b0153921a91e8970b-500wi.jpg" width="500" height="364" alt="Steve Jobs" title="Steve Jobs" srcset="https://thefinanser.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/6a01053620481c970b0153921a91e8970b-500wi.jpg 500w, https://thefinanser.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/6a01053620481c970b0153921a91e8970b-500wi-300x218.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></p>
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<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/15F34MdXFUA/" target="_blank">Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors On The Death Of Steve Jobs</a><br />Techcrunch</div>
<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/eISarCjW4qc/" target="_blank">Steve Jobs Has Passed Away</a></div>
<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/eISarCjW4qc/" target="_blank"></a>Techcrunch</div>
<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/U_3LkATTcVg/" target="_blank">Steve Jobs: “Death Is The Destination We All Share”</a><br />Techcrunch</div>
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<div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Z7ETpY3xryU/" target="_blank">Lack Of NFC In iPhone 4S Won’t Impact Market</a><br />Techcrunch</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/1910e488/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C880A95740CUBS0Efailed0Eto0Eact0Eon0Erogue0Etrading0Eevidence0Ebefore0Elosing0E10B5bn0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">UBS failed to act on rogue trading evidence before losing £1.5bn</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15191350" target="_blank">UBS to take &#39;disciplinary action&#39;</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/19113202/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cubs0Eexecutives0Equit0Eover0Escandal0E23660A770Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">UBS executives quit over scandal</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/04993d2a-ef6f-11e0-941e-00144feab49a?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Banks face new European stress tests</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/190f0fa1/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancialcrisis0C880A850A80CEC0ENo0Eplan0Eto0Erecapitalise0Ebanks0Ehas0Ebeen0Eagreed0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">EC: No plan to recapitalise banks has been agreed</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/83379920-edde-11e0-a491-00144feab49a?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Warning of unintended outcomes of Tobin tax&#0160;</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15178769" target="_blank">VIDEO: Hague: Euro &#39;a burning building&#39;</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/191131fa/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cimf0Eready0Eto0Eintervene0Ein0Ebid0Eto0Eboost0Eeurozone0Econfidence0E23660A630Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">IMF ready to intervene in bid to boost eurozone confidence</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15180210" target="_blank">Shares up on eurozone bank plan</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/21795954-ef59-11e0-918b-00144feab49a?ftcamp=rss" target="_blank">Ireland stakes claim to eurozone rescue fund</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/19113200/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cfrench0Ebank0Efears0Erejected0Eby0Emorgan0Estanley0E23661120Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">French bank fears rejected by Morgan Stanley</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/190c194d/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cworld0Ceurope0Citalys0Ecredit0Erating0Eslashed0Eamid0Ewarnings0Eof0Eworse0Eto0Ecome0E23657680Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Italy&#39;s credit rating slashed amid warnings of worse to come</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.businessweek.com/~r/bw_rss/europeindex/~3/kuTsl3h2Fqs/dexia-may-be-left-as-bad-bank-as-governments-shun-injections" target="_blank">Dexia May Be Carved Up and Left as Bad Bank</a><br />Business Week</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14158565" target="_blank">How to make sense of big data</a><br />BBC</div>
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