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Things worth reading: 29th June 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: PollyTrade Lets You Trade Stocks Via Twitter (Techcrunch) PollyTrade links "your Twitter account to your E*Trade account (more brokers will be added in the future based on user feedback), and subsequently enable you to do transactions using tweets that start with @pollytrade and include the respective…

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The Finanser’s Week: 22nd June – 28th June 2009

Here are our key stories of the week: The Top 10 Investment Banks of 2009 The Top Ten of Everything SUN, IBM, SWIFT and more create a cloud crowd How accountable are the rating agencies for this mess? How to break trust with social media SmartyPig makes a Big Oink! Amazing survey result Desperate hedge…

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Things worth reading: 27th June 2009

Things we're reading today include … Companies: LSE takes tough new approach to technology (Financial Times) JPMorgan's investment banking gaining on Goldman (Reuters) Citi faces retail sales ban in Japan (Financial Times) Regions: Spain launches $12.7bn bank fund (BBC)Poland's euro adoption faces delay (Euractiv) China argues to replace US dollar (BBC) Five Banks Are Seized,…

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Things worth reading: 26th June 2009

Things we're reading today include … UK Regulators and Policymakers at War: King and I in 'joint effort' to produce white paper, says Darling (Guardian)Rift between Darling and King widens (Guardian)Financial White Paper won't end tensions at the heart of British policymaking (Telegraph)Bank defies the Treasury again as it seeks new powers (Independent)Alistair Darling set…

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Things worth reading: 26th June 2009

Things we're reading today include … UK Regulators and Policymakers at War: King and I in 'joint effort' to produce white paper, says Darling (Guardian)Rift between Darling and King widens (Guardian)Financial White Paper won't end tensions at the heart of British policymaking (Telegraph)Bank defies the Treasury again as it seeks new powers (Independent)Alistair Darling set…

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Things worth reading: 25th June 2009

Things we're reading today include … UK: Bank of England governor attacks Darling's borrowing policy (Guardian) Bank governor Mervyn King says scale of UK deficit is 'truly extraordinary' (Telegraph) King warns of the 'long hard slog' to clear Britain's debt (Independent)City watchdog (FSA) pays £20m in bonuses (Guardian) Europe: ECB lends record €442bn in first…

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Things worth reading: 25th June 2009

Things we're reading today include … UK: Bank of England governor attacks Darling's borrowing policy (Guardian) Bank governor Mervyn King says scale of UK deficit is 'truly extraordinary' (Telegraph) King warns of the 'long hard slog' to clear Britain's debt (Independent)City watchdog (FSA) pays £20m in bonuses (Guardian) Europe: ECB lends record €442bn in first…

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Things worth reading: 23rd – 24th June 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must-read: RBS topped the losses list while Chinese banks raked in profits (Guardian)"The Banker's Top 1,000 annual survey reveals that RBS's pre-tax operating loss of $59.3bn (£36bn) puts it way out in front of Citigroup, which was second with losses of $53bn … the world's most profitable bank…

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Things worth reading: 23rd – 24th June 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must-read: RBS topped the losses list while Chinese banks raked in profits (Guardian)"The Banker's Top 1,000 annual survey reveals that RBS's pre-tax operating loss of $59.3bn (£36bn) puts it way out in front of Citigroup, which was second with losses of $53bn … the world's most profitable bank…

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Things worth reading: 22nd June 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Is this the death of the dollar? (Telegraph) "Border guards in Chiasso see plenty of smugglers and plenty of false-bottomed suitcases, but no one in the town, which straddles the Italian-Swiss frontier, had ever seen anything like this. Trussed up in front of the police in…

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