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		<title><![CDATA[Underwriters left with 72% of B&B rights issue]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20080819/ai_n28020963]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The majority of shareholders in Bradford & Bingley have rejected the chance to participate in the group's tortuous rights issue, picking up only 28 per cent of the 400m offer, as the clock starts ticking for the underwriters to offload the rest.   The news came on the day...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WORLD MARKETS   The FTSE 100 recorded its first weekly fall in a month, as a hefty loss in the US insurance giant AIG sent financials reeling and miners tracked weaker metal prices. The blue-chip index closed down 66.1 at 6,204.7. Banks shaved 20 points off the index, with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WORLD MARKETS   The FTSE 100 was flat, ending down 1 point at 6,090.4, but banks rose on reports that HBOS, the country's biggest lender, was planning a rights issue. Though HBOS shares slipped 0.3 per cent, Barclays gained 0.7 per cent, RBS climbed 1.6 per cent, Lloyds TSB...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WORLD MARKETS   The FTSE 100 fell for the fourth straight session, off 1.2 per cent, after US conglomerate General Electric posted weaker quarterly results, adding to recession fears. The blue-chip index closed down 69.6 at 5,895.5. Banks were the main losers: Barclays, RBS, HSBC, HBOS, Lloyds TSB and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WORLD MARKETS   The FTSE 100 ended down 1.1 per cent as fresh concerns over the health of the UK banking sector weighed on financial stocks. HBOS closed down 7.1 per cent, having tumbled as much as 17 per cent to a record low earlier. RBS fell 2.9 per...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WORLD MARKETS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20080126/ai_n21215844]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[London   The FTSE 100 edged down as fears of more credit losses offset stronger commodity stocks. The index closed down 6.8 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 5,869.0, well off its day's high of 5,973.3. Banks shaved 13 points off the FTSE. Barclays, HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WORLD MARKETS]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[London   The FTSE 100 ended flat as central banks flooded money markets with funds but the mood was dampened by fears that sluggish growth and rising prices may induce stagflation in the US. The blue-chip index closed 1.5 points higher at 6,279.3. HBOS added 0.9 per cent and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Business News IN BRIEF: Barclays steps up interest battle]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barclays fired the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter battle to win new customers yesterday when the No 3 bank unveiled a savings account paying an eyecatching 10 per cent interest. Alliance & Leicester offers a similar deal, while HSBC, Lloyds TSB and HBOS are also scrapping hard for new...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Offshoring]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050609/ai_n14660493]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to a report in yesterday's paper, the following financial services groups have in fact made it their policy not to move jobs abroad: Alliance & Leicester, Co-operative Bank and Insurance Services, HBOS, Legal & General, Nationwide, Northern Rock and the Royal Bank of Scotland.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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