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		<title><![CDATA[Lloyds Investors Focus on Turnaround]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Clara Ferreira-MarquesLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Lloyds completed a record 13.5 billion pound rights issue on Monday, ending a turbulent period for the bank and shifting investor focus to a potential government stake sale in 2010.The discounted cash call -- the world's largest to date -- is a key plank...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:20:51 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lloyds Cash Call Success Moves Focus to Turnaround]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Clara Ferreira-MarquesLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Lloyds LLOY completed a record 13.5 billion pound ($21.9 billion) rights issue on Monday, ending a turbulent period for the bank and shifting investor focus to a potential government stake sale in 2010.The discounted cash call -- the world's largest to date -- is a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:42:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lloyds Gets OK For Record Cash Call]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Clara Ferreira-MarquesBIRMINGHAM, England (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Lloyds' army of small investors grilled executives for over three hours on Thursday over secret central bank loans and mistakes made during the crisis, but agreed to back a record-breaking rights issue.Britain's largest retail bank won the backing of virtually all its investors...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:15:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bank Loaned Ã‚Â£60 Billion to RBS, HBOS]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Keith WeirLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - The Bank of England disclosed on Tuesday that it provided almost 62 billion pounds in emergency loans to Royal Bank of Scotland RBS and HBOS LLOY at the height of the credit crisis last year.The Bank said it did not give details of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:16:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What if... Lloyds Hadn't Snapped Up HBOS?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Lehman Brothers had been rescued rather than allowed to collapse in September 2008, the financial crisis would have developed much less dramatically. But the crisis is full of what-ifs.    What if, for instance, Barclays had not bid for ABN Amro in March 2007? Would Royal Bank...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:20:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Can't Boards Get Risk Management Right?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Presumably, Sir James Crosby was trying to protect the FSA from further embarrassment by stepping down from his job as the regulator's deputy chair. But in resigning, he's brought to light the reason: that he's said to have ignored a red alert from a risk manager while in charge of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:27:31 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chamber welcomes interest rate move; Sheerman attempts to secure local HBOS jobs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: By HENRYK ZIENTEK News Reporter  A BUSINESS group in Huddersfield today welcomed the Bank of England's emergency 0.5% interest rate cut - but said further reductions in the cost of borrowing were needed to help kick-start the stagnant UK economy.  Steven Leigh, senior policy adviser for the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HBOS Australia Banks on Riverbed to Accelerate Large Australian Expansion]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the technology and market leader in wide-area data services WDS, today announced that HBOS Australia has selected and deployed Riverbed® Steelhead® appliances at 170 sites across Australia. The deployment will improve application performance and is likely to reduce HBOS Australia's telecommunications costs, both vital components of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UK: MOODY'S CHANGES OUTLOOK ON HBOS AND BANK OF SCOTLAND TO NEGATIVE.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moody's Investors Service has today changed the  outlook on  the ratings of HBOS plc (senior at Aa2) and those of Bank of  Scotland  plc (BoS, senior at Aa1, BFSR at B). This action follows the  announcement that the group has taken negative fair value ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mortgage lender HBOS may launch rights issue]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON AFP &#8212; The board of HBOS, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, will meet Monday to discuss a possible multi-billion pound rights issue due to the international credit crunch, media reported Sunday.  The firm, which declined to comment on the reports, will decide whether to raise extra money from investors...]]></description>
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