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news.bbc.co.uk - 27 days ago
High Street banks to be broken up
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As part of the stipulations of EU state aid rules, the UK was always facing the prospect of having to sell off at least parts of those banks which it bailed out last year. Now it looks as if that sell off process is to begin in earnest. Though the Chancellor says he has not yet decided which ...
huffingtonpost.com - 24 days ago
Wall Street Banks Getting Swine Flu Vaccine Before Many High-Risk Groups (VIDEO)
— huffingtonpost.com — While thousands of at-risk Americans wait, some big Wall Street banks have already secured the hard-to-find H1N1... vaccine for their employees. NBC reports this morning that employees at the New York Stock Exchange, bankers at Goldman Sachs and ... (more) Wall Street Banks Getting Swine Flu Vaccine Before Many ...

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Breaking up the Banks
Newshoggers.com — ... The BBC reports that the British government will be selling off their chunks of their too big too fail banks as stand-alone entities instead of parts of the corporate whole: [ ...

The British Go Bank-Busting — Is There A Lesson For The U.S.?
Wonk Room — ... But as British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said, selling only to new entrants is the best way to ensure “proper competition and choice.” Having just “half a dozen big providers ...

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