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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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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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The Finanser’s Week: 15th June – 21st June 2009

Here are our key stories of the week: Bank of England raises concerns with ECB over T2S The Mobile Financial Future The Mobile Financial Present Zurich's reports: worth a read Grieving … and the US Banking Reforms What does the internet think? Where's Wally? What was it Reagan said? Fred Goodwin found in France Michael…

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