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Things worth reading: 10th June 2009

Things we're reading today include …UK: Count us in, maths experts tell UK regulator (Financial Times)Bank of England's Tucker warns banks threatening recovery by not lending (Telegraph)Britain isolated as EU tightens grip on City (Telegraph) Europe: EU finance ministers clash over reforms (Times)New Irish rating downgrade hits euro  (Euractiv)Commission launches consultation on possible end-date for Single Euro…

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Things worth reading: 10th June 2009

Things we're reading today include …UK: Count us in, maths experts tell UK regulator (Financial Times)Bank of England's Tucker warns banks threatening recovery by not lending (Telegraph)Britain isolated as EU tightens grip on City (Telegraph) Europe: EU finance ministers clash over reforms (Times)New Irish rating downgrade hits euro  (Euractiv)Commission launches consultation on possible end-date for Single Euro…

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Things worth reading: 9th June 2009

Things we're reading today include … Lloyds Banking Group boosts Brown with £2.3bn bailout repayment (Times)Lloyds to close Cheltenham & Gloucester branches (Telegraph)Standard Chartered's traditional approach pays off  (Telegraph) BlackRock nears $13bn BGI deal (Financial Times) Citi confirms plan to raise $33bn (Financial Times)GM and Citigroup drop out of Dow (BBC) Scottish economy will not…

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Things worth reading: 9th June 2009

Things we're reading today include … Lloyds Banking Group boosts Brown with £2.3bn bailout repayment (Times)Lloyds to close Cheltenham & Gloucester branches (Telegraph)Standard Chartered's traditional approach pays off  (Telegraph) BlackRock nears $13bn BGI deal (Financial Times) Citi confirms plan to raise $33bn (Financial Times)GM and Citigroup drop out of Dow (BBC) Scottish economy will not…

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Things worth reading: 8th June 2009

Things we're reading today include: Technology: Unconfirmed Reports of Massive T-Mobile Breach (Secure Channel)Nationwide online banking glitch (BBC) Companies: Lloyds Banking Group boosts Brown with £2.3bn bailout repayment (Times)Barclays in $13bn talks to sell BGI to BlackRock (Telegraph)Iceland to repay £2bn UK savings (BBC) UK: FSA gets tough as fines rise 514pc (Telegraph)Mervyn King battles for…

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Things worth reading: 8th June 2009

Things we're reading today include: Technology: Unconfirmed Reports of Massive T-Mobile Breach (Secure Channel)Nationwide online banking glitch (BBC) Companies: Lloyds Banking Group boosts Brown with £2.3bn bailout repayment (Times)Barclays in $13bn talks to sell BGI to BlackRock (Telegraph)Iceland to repay £2bn UK savings (BBC) UK: FSA gets tough as fines rise 514pc (Telegraph)Mervyn King battles for…

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The Finanser’s Week: 1st June – 7th June 2009

Here are our key stories of the week: Global Banking Trends A Trade Confidence Index for Asia Brown needs Balls, Darling Greedy bankers? Corrupt politicians? Nothing new Banks must still deleverage … and deleverage lots! Why technology firms don't get business CEOs don't like social media … because it's social! A Spanish first: Social Banking…

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The Finanser’s Week: 1st June – 7th June 2009

Here are our key stories of the week: Global Banking Trends A Trade Confidence Index for Asia Brown needs Balls, Darling Greedy bankers? Corrupt politicians? Nothing new Banks must still deleverage … and deleverage lots! Why technology firms don't get business CEOs don't like social media … because it's social! A Spanish first: Social Banking…

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Things worth reading: 6th June 2009

Things we're reading today include: Victor Blank faces angry Lloyds shareholders (Guardian)Sir Victor Blank soldiers on after 'go right now' outburst (Times)Blank survives stormy Lloyds AGM (Financial Times) The post-crisis financial architecture, speech by Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the euro, speech by Jürgen…

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Things worth reading: 5th June 2009

Things we're reading today include: UK: Aon scores own goal as staff get shirty over Man Utd sponsorship (Telegraph)Paulson loses $165m on Barclays position (Financial Times)Scammers divert bank phone calls (Telegraph) Europe: Santander plans €2.5bn preference share issue (Financial Times)Landesbanken ready for sector consolidation (Financial Times) European banks in spotlight as Baltic crisis hits Sweden (Telegraph)Warning on eurozone…

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