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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/205c601b/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cbank0Ereforms0Eto0Ecost0Eup0Eto0E7bn0Edespite0Econcessions0E78520A760Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bank reforms to cost up to £7bn despite concessions</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/205bed14/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93320A340CBanking0Ereform0Eis0Ea0Ecostly0Ewaste0Eof0Eeffort0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Banking reform is a costly waste of effort</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/205c6037/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cuk0Cpolitics0Cyour0Ebanking0Ereforms0Edo0Enot0Ego0Efar0Eenough0Eosborne0Etold0E78521110Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Your banking reforms do not go far enough, Osborne told</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/205c603a/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cbanking0Eking0Ehits0Epanic0Ebutton0E78520A990Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Banking: King hits panic button</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/205bed15/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Ceconomics0C93327120CMansion0EHouse0Espeech0ESir0EMervyn0EKing0Esays0EEuropean0Ebanks0Eneed0Emajor0Erecapitalisation0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Mansion House speech: Sir Mervyn King says European banks need &#39;major recapitalisation&#39;</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18438032#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Westlife singer declared bankrupt</a><br />BBC</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/205b018c/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancial0Ecrime0C93325320CAllen0EStanford0Ejailed0Efor0E110A0Eyears0Ein0Eprison0Efor0E7bn0EPonzi0Escheme0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Allen Stanford jailed for 110 years in prison for $7bn Ponzi scheme</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/205c6036/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cworld0Ceurope0Cgermany0Ecant0Esave0Eeveryone0Esays0Emerkel0Eas0Espains0Eproblems0Emount0E785210A0A0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Germany can&#39;t save everyone, says Merkel as Spain&#39;s problems mount</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18438044#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Spain borrowing costs at new high</a><br />BBC</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/205c6039/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cworld0Ceurope0Cgreece0Econfronts0Eits0Efuture0E0Eand0Erecoils0Ein0Efear0E78520A40A0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Greece confronts its future – and recoils in fear</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/businessNews/~3/Fpm5s_-hNtU/us-markets-stocks-idUSBRE84S0BG20120614" target="_blank">Wall Street rises on news central banks primed to act</a><br />Reuters</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21556943?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">Chinese financial reform: Free-range banks</a><br />The Economist</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21556934?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">Greece before the election: Wait and flee</a><br />The Economist</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21556980?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">The economics of bank robbery: More swagger than swag</a><br />The Economist</div>
<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21556930?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">The cloud of uncertainty: Dithering in the dark</a><br />Economist</div>
<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21556939?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">Bank downgrades: Berated</a><br />Economist</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18180232#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18180232#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Printing money:&#0160;</a>How to create a currency</div>
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<p>Things we&#39;re reading today include &#8230;</p>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/205c601b/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cbank0Ereforms0Eto0Ecost0Eup0Eto0E7bn0Edespite0Econcessions0E78520A760Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bank reforms to cost up to £7bn despite concessions</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/205bed14/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93320A340CBanking0Ereform0Eis0Ea0Ecostly0Ewaste0Eof0Eeffort0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Banking reform is a costly waste of effort</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/205c6037/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cuk0Cpolitics0Cyour0Ebanking0Ereforms0Edo0Enot0Ego0Efar0Eenough0Eosborne0Etold0E78521110Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Your banking reforms do not go far enough, Osborne told</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/205c603a/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cbanking0Eking0Ehits0Epanic0Ebutton0E78520A990Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Banking: King hits panic button</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/205bed15/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Ceconomics0C93327120CMansion0EHouse0Espeech0ESir0EMervyn0EKing0Esays0EEuropean0Ebanks0Eneed0Emajor0Erecapitalisation0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Mansion House speech: Sir Mervyn King says European banks need &#39;major recapitalisation&#39;</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18438032#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Westlife singer declared bankrupt</a><br />BBC</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/205b018c/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancial0Ecrime0C93325320CAllen0EStanford0Ejailed0Efor0E110A0Eyears0Ein0Eprison0Efor0E7bn0EPonzi0Escheme0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Allen Stanford jailed for 110 years in prison for $7bn Ponzi scheme</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/205c6036/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cworld0Ceurope0Cgermany0Ecant0Esave0Eeveryone0Esays0Emerkel0Eas0Espains0Eproblems0Emount0E785210A0A0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Germany can&#39;t save everyone, says Merkel as Spain&#39;s problems mount</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18438044#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Spain borrowing costs at new high</a><br />BBC</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/205c6039/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cworld0Ceurope0Cgreece0Econfronts0Eits0Efuture0E0Eand0Erecoils0Ein0Efear0E78520A40A0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Greece confronts its future – and recoils in fear</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/businessNews/~3/Fpm5s_-hNtU/us-markets-stocks-idUSBRE84S0BG20120614" target="_blank">Wall Street rises on news central banks primed to act</a><br />Reuters</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21556943?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">Chinese financial reform: Free-range banks</a><br />The Economist</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21556934?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">Greece before the election: Wait and flee</a><br />The Economist</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21556980?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">The economics of bank robbery: More swagger than swag</a><br />The Economist</div>
<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21556930?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">The cloud of uncertainty: Dithering in the dark</a><br />Economist</div>
<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21556939?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">Bank downgrades: Berated</a><br />Economist</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18180232#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18180232#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Printing money:&#0160;</a>How to create a currency</div>
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