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Things we're reading today include: Lloyds warns of EU sell-off threat (Guardian)Lloyds Banking Group prepares shareholders for possible price of receiving state aid (Times)Lloyds boss's account drained by Barclays thief (Daily Mail) New chief, new focus at the LSE (Financial Times)BofA seeks to repay $45bn by end of year (Financial Times)Fresh bail-out hopes lift …

Things we're reading today include: Lloyds warns of EU sell-off threat (Guardian)Lloyds Banking Group prepares shareholders for possible price of receiving state aid (Times)Lloyds boss's account drained by Barclays thief (Daily Mail) New chief, new focus at the LSE (Financial Times)BofA seeks to repay $45bn by end of year (Financial Times)Fresh bail-out hopes lift …

Things worth reading today include: Companies: LSE swings to loss after goodwill charge (Market Watch)Barclays faces Lehman legal action (Independent)EU may force Lloyds to sell-off core assets (Times)AIG poised to return $843m to investors (Financial Times)Bank of America half way to filling capital hole (Times) Markets: German ‘bad bank’ scheme …

Things worth reading today include: Companies: LSE swings to loss after goodwill charge (Market Watch)Barclays faces Lehman legal action (Independent)EU may force Lloyds to sell-off core assets (Times)AIG poised to return $843m to investors (Financial Times)Bank of America half way to filling capital hole (Times) Markets: German ‘bad bank’ scheme …

Things we're reading today include: Possible candidates to replace Blank (Financial Times) Lehman seeks probe into sale to Barclays (Financial Times)Lazard man gets shake-up post at (US) Treasury (Financial Times)American Express cuts 4,000 jobs (BBC) Accessing financial services 'difficult for Europe's poor' (Euractiv) US shares soar on home hopes (Times)Paulson …

Things we're reading today include: Possible candidates to replace Blank (Financial Times) Lehman seeks probe into sale to Barclays (Financial Times)Lazard man gets shake-up post at (US) Treasury (Financial Times)American Express cuts 4,000 jobs (BBC) Accessing financial services 'difficult for Europe's poor' (Euractiv) US shares soar on home hopes (Times)Paulson …

Things we're reading today include … UK: Blank exit is a sorry end to HBOS disaster (Telegraph)Over-ambitious Blank counts cost of the 'deal of a lifetime'   (Telegraph)Lord Leitch makes early running in the race to chair Lloyds Banking Group (Times) RBS could reveal top managers' pay (Daily Mail) Building society …

Here are our key stories of the week: Bank dinosaurs are bank's worst enemy Using video as evidence of compliance Who needs traders … get a rat The danger that SEPA may not happen Quantifying people's views on SEPA The Dark Economy Using mobiles as a financial channel Shoot the …

Things we're reading today include: Regulator expects bank chiefs to lose jobs (Financial Times) BofA shareholders agree: Time for a new board (The Deal) Big loss from Singapore bank sale (of BoA) (BBC)Berkshire invests in Wells Fargo, US Bancorp (Boston Globe) Latest UK Payments Statistics (4 page pdf from APACS)Ireland's Celtic Tiger …

Things we're reading today include: Regulator expects bank chiefs to lose jobs (Financial Times) BofA shareholders agree: Time for a new board (The Deal) Big loss from Singapore bank sale (of BoA) (BBC)Berkshire invests in Wells Fargo, US Bancorp (Boston Globe) Latest UK Payments Statistics (4 page pdf from APACS)Ireland's Celtic Tiger …

Things we're reading today include: Barclays in $10bn talks over BGI sale (Financial Times)Deal with CVC in doubt after Barclays opens talks over sale of BGI (Times) RBS declines as margin worries weigh  (Independent) MPs attack 'self-pitying bankers and naive Myners' in new report (Independent) MPs round on Lord Myners in attack …

Things we're reading today include: Barclays in $10bn talks over BGI sale (Financial Times)Deal with CVC in doubt after Barclays opens talks over sale of BGI (Times) RBS declines as margin worries weigh  (Independent) MPs attack 'self-pitying bankers and naive Myners' in new report (Independent) MPs round on Lord Myners in attack …

Things we're reading today include … Companies: Morgan Stanley fined £1.4m for failure to supervise trader Matthew Piper (Telegraph)AIG bonuses not a surprise (Denver Post)Advanta’s Card-Lending Shutdown May Imperil Customers (Bloomberg) UK: Bank sees slow economic recovery  (BBC) Bank of England believes recession has probably bottomed out (Guardian) Europe: Belgian cabinet discusses bail-out …

Things we're reading today include: Clearer wants a deal with bidders (Telegraph)Old rule saves Citi directors in investor poll (Financial Times) BofA raises $7.3bn from CCB stake (Financial Times) Freddie Mac asks for more US aid (BBC) Economy may have gone past low point (Financial Times) IMF urges stress tests on …

Things we're reading today include … Companies: HSBC plays down talk of recovery (Guardian) HSBC could soon be listed in Shanghai (Telegraph) HSBC says results 'encouraging' (BBC) Deutsche Börse income down a third (Financial Times) Wells Fargo expects earnings to fill deficit (Financial Times) Markets: OECD predictions offer recession hope for …