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    <title><![CDATA[3i Group to Acquire Barclays&#039; £780m Infrastructure Fund Management Division]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management has invested about £1.7bn across six funds so far.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Nationwide Profits Jump on Consumer Business Growth]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Pre-tax profit for the fiscal year climb to £210m from £203m a year ago.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Banks Cut Fixed Mortgages Loan Rates in Latest Home-Loan War]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[In a boon to Australian consumers, a mortgage rate war is underway following the recent 25 basis points overnight cash rate cut made by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:42:13 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Islamic Finance: BLME Targets 15% Asset Growth in 2013]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Rising Islamic finance activity in the Gulf prompts the UK&#039;s largest standalone Islamic bank to open Dubai office]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:00:56 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Zurich Insurance Profit Drops on Tough Market Conditions]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Zurich&#039;s capitalisation ratio under Swiss rules has risen to 185%  as of January, 2013, compared to 178% six months ago.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Aviva New Business Value Rises on Higher Growth in Asia and UK]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Aviva takes a £54m hit on restructuring costs in the first quarter.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 02:48:38 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Italy&#039;s Monte Paschi Posts Fourth Straight Loss on Lower Lending Income]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The bailed-out Italian bank reports a loss of €100.7m, its fourth consecutive quarterly loss.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:37:10 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Allianz Profit Surges on Business Growth Across Segments]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Allianz posts 6.6% rise in quarterly revenues, a new record in the conglomerate&#039;s history.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:00:16 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Co-Op Bank CEO Resigns on Moody’s Government Bailout Warning]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Barry Tootell steps down following Moody&#039;s downgrade of bank&#039;s deposit and senior debt ratings to Ba3, from A3.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 02:27:58 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Standard Chartered Profit Hit By Higher Expenses and Charges]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Operating profit for first quarter falls slightly despite increase in revenues.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 23:47:43 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[4 Aussie Banks Pass in Full 25 Basis Points RBA Rate Cut]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[In a big turnaround from their previous decision, four of the biggest Australian banks said on Tuesday that they will pass in full the 25 basis points overnight cash rate made by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on the same day.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[HSBC Profit Surges to $8.4bn on Restructuring Gains]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[HSBC first-quarter profit almost doubles on gains from asset sale as part of a restructuring and 38,000 job cuts.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 02:00:20 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Societe Generale Plans €900M Cost Savings as Profit Halves on Own-Debt Charges]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Group net income declines 50% to €364m on lower banking revenues.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 23:47:03 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[RBS Swings to Profit on Lower Impairments]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The bank reports a pre-tax profit of £826m, compared to a loss of £1.51bn a year ago.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 00:35:46 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Warren Buffett Invades Twitterland; Gets 188,000 Followers Right Away]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[nvestment guru Warren Buffet just opened an account with Twitter with the handle @WarrenBuffet, and he already has more than 188,000 followers in a matter of hours.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:29:02 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[UBS Profit Beats Estimates on Higher  Wealth and Investment Bank Revenues]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The bank returns to profit in the first quarter after posting a loss in the fourth quarter 2012.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:25:52 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lloyds to Sell Spanish Retail Banking Business to Banco Sabadell]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The bank will receive a 1.8% stake in Banco Sabadell and up to £17m in cash in five years as consideration.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:23:16 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK Business Lending to Rise in 2013 as Bad Debts Decline]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Better access to wholesale funding and decline in bad loans main drivers of lending.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:28:43 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Santander First-Quarter Profit Plummets 26% on Weak Lending Revenue]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Net profits for the quarter decline to €1.2bn from €1.6bn a year earlier.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Standard Life Shares Soar on Robust First-Quarter Sales]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Standard Life shares rise more than 5 percent on higher first-quarter sales and asset management details.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Barclays Profits Falls as &#039;Transform&#039; Restructuring Takes £500m from Bottom Line]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[CEO Antony Jenkins says new path &#039;not easy&#039; as lender reveals restructuring costs may hit £1bn in post-Bob Diamond era.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: Stocks On Three-Day Win Streak Amid ECB Rate Cut Hopes [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[IBTimes TV&#039;s daily Market Briefing report with European Business Editor Martin Baccardax]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Citigroup Profits Rise as Investment Bank Unit Boosts Bottom Line]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Third-largest US bank says profits rose by 31 percent in the first full quarter under new CEO Michael Corbat.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[KPMG Faces Misconduct and Conflict of Interest Claims]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Auditor who signed off on collapsed HBOS reports also sacked US partner.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:31:29 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[RBS Faces Financial Conduct Authority Probe into 2012 IT Failure]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[New Financial Conduct Authority to  investigate bank&#039;s system collapse that hit millions of customers.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: European Stocks Rise After China Data, Alcoa Earnings [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[IBTimes TV&#039;s daily Market Briefing report with European Business Editor Martin Baccardax]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:02:57 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[HBOS: Three Former Bank Bosses Face Life-Ban from the City]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[&#039;Colossal failure&#039; of management policies result in huge losses of £46bn for failed HBOS, say MPs.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:38:38 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg Owes Uncle Sam $1B in Tax Bills  [PHOTOS]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Facebook founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg could be facing a $1B in tax bill as he files his 2012 tax return at the IRS this year. The staggering amount result from Zuckerberg’s move to go public in May last year to increase his stake in the world’s first successful social media company.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:24:43 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Canada, UAE End Visa Dispute; Scrap Costly Visa Fees]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Foreign Minister John Baird’s visit to the United Arab Emirates might mean more than what we hear, but Canadians Tuesday got all the reasons to smile with end of visa dispute between the two countries.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:29:31 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: Shares Climb as Investors Eye ECB Rate Decision [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[IBTimes TV&#039;s daily Market Briefing report with European Business Editor Martin Baccardax]]></description>
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