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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/22388021/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Ccomment0C9464560A0CStandard0EChartered0EWhy0Ethe0Eanti0EBritish0Econspiracy0Etheory0Edoesnt0Eadd0Eup0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Standard Chartered: Why the anti-British conspiracy theory doesn&#39;t add up</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21560317?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">Standard Chartered: My dollar, my rules</a><br />Economist</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2239fdd7/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C94653670CGeorge0EOsborne0Ecalls0ETim0EGeitner0Eto0Edemand0Efair0Etreatment0Eof0EStandard0EChartered0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">George Osborne calls Tim Geitner to demand &quot;fair treatment&quot; of Standard Chartered</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2232fb30/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C94635270CUBS0Estaff0Eoffered0Eprotection0Efrom0Eprosecution0Ein0ELibor0Eprobe0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">UBS staff &#39;offered protection from prosecution in Libor probe&#39;</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/223b0932/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cwatchdog0Edisgraced0Elibor0Ecould0Ebe0Ekilled0Eoff0E80A270A90A0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Watchdog: Disgraced Libor could be killed off</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2232fb2e/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Ceconomics0C94631260CLibor0Eneeds0Eto0Ebe0Ereplaced0Esays0ESir0EMervyn0EKing0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Libor needs to be replaced, says Sir Mervyn King</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d51c7246-e244-11e1-8e9d-00144feab49a?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_financial-services%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct" target="_blank">FSA’s Wheatley should beware Libor mission creep</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/223b092b/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cbarclays0Ehires0Ethe0Ecitys0Ecleanup0Eman0Eas0Echairman0Eto0Erestore0Edamaged0Eimage0E80A270A940Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Barclays hires the City&#39;s clean-up man as chairman to restore damaged image</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/223b0931/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cfsa0Enames0Ediamonds0Enemesis0Eas0Etough0Enew0Eprosecutor0E80A270A890Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">FSA names Diamond&#39;s nemesis as tough new prosecutor</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/22372b8a/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cpayday0Elender0Efined0Emore0Ethan0Ehalf0Ea0Emillion0Epounds0Eafter0Ebeing0Eduped0Eby0Eid0Efraud0E80A265690Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Payday lender fined more than half a million pounds after being duped by ID fraud</a><br />The Independen</div>
<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19194632#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Payday loan firm shut down by OFT</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19161358#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Law firms warn of eurozone break-up</a><br />BBC</div>
<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21560307?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">The European Central Bank: Draghi’s plan</a><br />Economistt</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2239fdd9/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C94653410CChristian0ENoyer0EECB0Edetermined0Eto0Ehave0Estrong0Eimpact0Eon0Emarket0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Christian Noyer: ECB determined to have strong impact on market</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21560306?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">Automated trading: The Lazarus of Wall Street</a><br />The Economist</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9decd120-e231-11e1-8e9d-00144feab49a?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_financial-services%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct" target="_blank">Concerns grow over prospects for sterling</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2232fb31/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C94618820CPublic0Emore0Edisillusioned0Ethan0Eever0Ewith0Ebanks0EWhich0Efinds0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Public &#39;more disillusioned than ever&#39; with banks, Which? finds</a><br />The Telegraph</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/22388021/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Ccomment0C9464560A0CStandard0EChartered0EWhy0Ethe0Eanti0EBritish0Econspiracy0Etheory0Edoesnt0Eadd0Eup0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Standard Chartered: Why the anti-British conspiracy theory doesn&#39;t add up</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21560317?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">Standard Chartered: My dollar, my rules</a><br />Economist</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2239fdd7/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C94653670CGeorge0EOsborne0Ecalls0ETim0EGeitner0Eto0Edemand0Efair0Etreatment0Eof0EStandard0EChartered0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">George Osborne calls Tim Geitner to demand &quot;fair treatment&quot; of Standard Chartered</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2232fb30/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C94635270CUBS0Estaff0Eoffered0Eprotection0Efrom0Eprosecution0Ein0ELibor0Eprobe0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">UBS staff &#39;offered protection from prosecution in Libor probe&#39;</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/223b0932/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cwatchdog0Edisgraced0Elibor0Ecould0Ebe0Ekilled0Eoff0E80A270A90A0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Watchdog: Disgraced Libor could be killed off</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2232fb2e/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Ceconomics0C94631260CLibor0Eneeds0Eto0Ebe0Ereplaced0Esays0ESir0EMervyn0EKing0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Libor needs to be replaced, says Sir Mervyn King</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d51c7246-e244-11e1-8e9d-00144feab49a?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_financial-services%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct" target="_blank">FSA’s Wheatley should beware Libor mission creep</a><br />Financial Times</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/223b092b/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cbarclays0Ehires0Ethe0Ecitys0Ecleanup0Eman0Eas0Echairman0Eto0Erestore0Edamaged0Eimage0E80A270A940Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Barclays hires the City&#39;s clean-up man as chairman to restore damaged image</a><br />The Independent</div>
<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/223b0931/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cfsa0Enames0Ediamonds0Enemesis0Eas0Etough0Enew0Eprosecutor0E80A270A890Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">FSA names Diamond&#39;s nemesis as tough new prosecutor</a><br />The Independent</div>
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<div><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3511/s/22372b8a/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cnews0Cbusiness0Cnews0Cpayday0Elender0Efined0Emore0Ethan0Ehalf0Ea0Emillion0Epounds0Eafter0Ebeing0Eduped0Eby0Eid0Efraud0E80A265690Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Payday lender fined more than half a million pounds after being duped by ID fraud</a><br />The Independen</div>
<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19194632#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Payday loan firm shut down by OFT</a><br />BBC</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19161358#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Law firms warn of eurozone break-up</a><br />BBC</div>
<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21560307?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">The European Central Bank: Draghi’s plan</a><br />Economistt</div>
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<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2239fdd9/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C94653410CChristian0ENoyer0EECB0Edetermined0Eto0Ehave0Estrong0Eimpact0Eon0Emarket0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Christian Noyer: ECB determined to have strong impact on market</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21560306?fsrc=rss|fec" target="_blank">Automated trading: The Lazarus of Wall Street</a><br />The Economist</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9decd120-e231-11e1-8e9d-00144feab49a?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_financial-services%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct" target="_blank">Concerns grow over prospects for sterling</a><br />Financial Times</div>
<div><a href="http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568368/s/2232fb31/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cfinance0Cnewsbysector0Cbanksandfinance0C94618820CPublic0Emore0Edisillusioned0Ethan0Eever0Ewith0Ebanks0EWhich0Efinds0Bhtml/story01.htm" target="_blank">Public &#39;more disillusioned than ever&#39; with banks, Which? finds</a><br />The Telegraph</div>
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Things worth reading: 10th August 2012

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