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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/2103bfe8/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93771660CBob0EDiamond0Efeels0Ethe0Eheat0Eas0EMPs0Equiz0Ehim0Eover0Elibor0Escandal0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bob Diamond feels the heat as MPs quiz him over libor scandal</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2101c868/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancevideo0C93761410CBob0EDiamond0EBarclays0ELibor0Efixing0Ewas0Ereprehensible0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bob Diamond: Barclays Libor fixing was &#39;reprehensible&#39;</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/210353bd/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93762960CBob0EDiamond0Eapologises0Efor0EBarclays0ELibor0Efixing0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bob Diamond apologises for Barclays Libor fixing</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2102fc5b/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cnews0Cpolitics0C93768570CBarclays0Esketch0EBob0EDiamond0Eshares0Ethe0Elove0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Barclays sketch: Bob Diamond shares the love</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/21022cea/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93758790CBob0EDiamond0Edid0Enot0Eknow0Eabout0Elowballing0Euntil0Ethis0Emonth0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bob Diamond &#39;did not know about lowballing&#39; until this month</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/21041721/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cthere0Ewere0E140Ebad0Epeople0Eat0Ebarclays0Ebut0Ei0Ewasnt0Eone0E0Eof0Ethem0Esays0Ebob0Ediamond0E79127610Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">There were 14 bad people at Barclays, but I wasn&#39;t one of them, says Bob Diamond</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/21041722/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cdiamond0Eousting0Ewas0Eplotted0Eby0Ehis0Eoutraged0Ebankers0Ein0Enew0Eyork0E79127350Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Diamond ousting &#39;was plotted by his outraged bankers in New York&#39;</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/21010c43/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0C93760A180CBob0EDiamonds0Eright0Ehand0Eman0EJerry0Edel0EMessier0Eholds0Ethe0Eanswers0Eto0Ethe0ELibor0Escandal0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bob Diamond&#39;s right-hand man: Jerry del Messier holds the answers to the Libor scandal</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/21041725/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cjudge0Eaccused0Ebarclays0Edel0Emissier0Eof0Emisleading0Etestimony0E79127370Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Judge accused Barclays&#39; del Missier of &#39;misleading testimony&#39;</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2101c869/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93761240CInvestors0Erush0Eto0Esnap0Eup0EBarclays0Eshares0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Investors rush to snap up Barclays shares</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/210353bc/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93770A950CLibor0Erigging0Escandal0EFSA0Ewarned0EBarclays0Eabout0EBob0EDiamond0Eand0Esenior0Emanagement0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Libor rigging scandal: FSA warned Barclays about Bob Diamond and senior management</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2103bfe9/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93771830CBank0Eof0EEngland0Ein0Ethe0Espotlight0Eover0Enod0Eand0Ewink0Eto0ELibor0Erigging0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bank of England in the spotlight over &#39;nod and wink&#39; to Libor rigging</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18706191#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">US demands tough Libor regulation</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><strong>And more scandal ...</strong></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18705836#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Bankia officials face fraud probe</a></div>
<div>BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/21036d46/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancialcrisis0C93769380CFraud0Etrial0Efor0ERodrigo0ERato0Eover0EBankia0Ecollapse0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Fraud trial for Rodrigo Rato over Bankia collapse</a></div>
<div>The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/businessNews/~3/obH4JmsZhSw/us-bankia-idUSBRE8630RT20120704" target="_blank">Spain opens fraud case on ex-Bankia chief Rato</a><br />Reuters</div>
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<div><strong>In other news ...</strong></div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2101c864/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93764360CStressed0EBank0Eof0EEngland0Eofficial0Estabbed0Eself0Eto0Edeath0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">&#39;Stressed&#39; Bank of England official stabbed self to death</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57f7aabc-c5f5-11e1-b57e-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_financial-services%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct" target="_blank">Osborne under pressure on banks</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/20ff79e4/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancevideo0C93752460CBanks0Emust0Ebe0Eallowed0Eto0Efail0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Banks &#39;must be allowed to fail&#39;</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/21041714/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cwarning0Ethat0Evickers0Ebank0Ereform0Eis0Edoomed0Eto0Efailure0E79127390Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Warning that Vickers bank reform is doomed to failure</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d00eb840-c525-11e1-b6fd-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_financial-services%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct" target="_blank">Warning over Pin pad payment security</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/210353be/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93770A990CUlster0EBank0Ecustomers0Estill0Ewaiting0Efor0Eproblems0Eto0Eend0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Ulster Bank customers still waiting for problems to end</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/2104171a/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cfrance0Eunveils0Ea0E58bn0Etax0Etake0Efrom0Ewealthy0Eand0Ebig0Efirms0E79127480Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">France unveils a £5.8bn tax take from wealthy and big firms</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://fsclub.net/admin/dailyNews/edit.cfm?id=999839531">Wells Fargo takes lead in bank lobbying</a></div>
<div>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/2103bfe8/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93771660CBob0EDiamond0Efeels0Ethe0Eheat0Eas0EMPs0Equiz0Ehim0Eover0Elibor0Escandal0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bob Diamond feels the heat as MPs quiz him over libor scandal</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2101c868/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancevideo0C93761410CBob0EDiamond0EBarclays0ELibor0Efixing0Ewas0Ereprehensible0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bob Diamond: Barclays Libor fixing was &#39;reprehensible&#39;</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/210353bd/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93762960CBob0EDiamond0Eapologises0Efor0EBarclays0ELibor0Efixing0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bob Diamond apologises for Barclays Libor fixing</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2102fc5b/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cnews0Cpolitics0C93768570CBarclays0Esketch0EBob0EDiamond0Eshares0Ethe0Elove0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Barclays sketch: Bob Diamond shares the love</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/21022cea/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93758790CBob0EDiamond0Edid0Enot0Eknow0Eabout0Elowballing0Euntil0Ethis0Emonth0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bob Diamond &#39;did not know about lowballing&#39; until this month</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/21041721/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cthere0Ewere0E140Ebad0Epeople0Eat0Ebarclays0Ebut0Ei0Ewasnt0Eone0E0Eof0Ethem0Esays0Ebob0Ediamond0E79127610Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">There were 14 bad people at Barclays, but I wasn&#39;t one of them, says Bob Diamond</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/21041722/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cdiamond0Eousting0Ewas0Eplotted0Eby0Ehis0Eoutraged0Ebankers0Ein0Enew0Eyork0E79127350Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Diamond ousting &#39;was plotted by his outraged bankers in New York&#39;</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/21010c43/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0C93760A180CBob0EDiamonds0Eright0Ehand0Eman0EJerry0Edel0EMessier0Eholds0Ethe0Eanswers0Eto0Ethe0ELibor0Escandal0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bob Diamond&#39;s right-hand man: Jerry del Messier holds the answers to the Libor scandal</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/21041725/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cjudge0Eaccused0Ebarclays0Edel0Emissier0Eof0Emisleading0Etestimony0E79127370Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Judge accused Barclays&#39; del Missier of &#39;misleading testimony&#39;</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2101c869/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93761240CInvestors0Erush0Eto0Esnap0Eup0EBarclays0Eshares0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Investors rush to snap up Barclays shares</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/210353bc/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93770A950CLibor0Erigging0Escandal0EFSA0Ewarned0EBarclays0Eabout0EBob0EDiamond0Eand0Esenior0Emanagement0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Libor rigging scandal: FSA warned Barclays about Bob Diamond and senior management</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2103bfe9/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93771830CBank0Eof0EEngland0Ein0Ethe0Espotlight0Eover0Enod0Eand0Ewink0Eto0ELibor0Erigging0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Bank of England in the spotlight over &#39;nod and wink&#39; to Libor rigging</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18706191#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">US demands tough Libor regulation</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><strong>And more scandal &#8230;</strong></div>
<div><strong><br /></strong></div>
<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18705836#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Bankia officials face fraud probe</a></div>
<div>BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/21036d46/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancialcrisis0C93769380CFraud0Etrial0Efor0ERodrigo0ERato0Eover0EBankia0Ecollapse0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Fraud trial for Rodrigo Rato over Bankia collapse</a></div>
<div>The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/businessNews/~3/obH4JmsZhSw/us-bankia-idUSBRE8630RT20120704" target="_blank">Spain opens fraud case on ex-Bankia chief Rato</a><br />Reuters</div>
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<div><strong>In other news &#8230;</strong></div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2101c864/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93764360CStressed0EBank0Eof0EEngland0Eofficial0Estabbed0Eself0Eto0Edeath0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">&#39;Stressed&#39; Bank of England official stabbed self to death</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57f7aabc-c5f5-11e1-b57e-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_financial-services%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct" target="_blank">Osborne under pressure on banks</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/20ff79e4/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cfinancevideo0C93752460CBanks0Emust0Ebe0Eallowed0Eto0Efail0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Banks &#39;must be allowed to fail&#39;</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/21041714/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cwarning0Ethat0Evickers0Ebank0Ereform0Eis0Edoomed0Eto0Efailure0E79127390Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Warning that Vickers bank reform is doomed to failure</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d00eb840-c525-11e1-b6fd-00144feabdc0?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_financial-services%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct" target="_blank">Warning over Pin pad payment security</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/210353be/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C93770A990CUlster0EBank0Ecustomers0Estill0Ewaiting0Efor0Eproblems0Eto0Eend0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Ulster Bank customers still waiting for problems to end</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/2104171a/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cfrance0Eunveils0Ea0E58bn0Etax0Etake0Efrom0Ewealthy0Eand0Ebig0Efirms0E79127480Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">France unveils a £5.8bn tax take from wealthy and big firms</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://fsclub.net/admin/dailyNews/edit.cfm?id=999839531">Wells Fargo takes lead in bank lobbying</a></div>
<div>Financial Times</div>
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