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Posted by Margaret 349 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Banking | Tags: banks funding needs total liabilities

Getting banks to improve their funding profiles will not be easyAN AMERICAN judge once said that it was hard to define pornography, but “I know Read More »
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The prospects for recovery: Clambering out of the hole

Posted by Margaret 235 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Banking | Tags: the prospects recovery clambering hole

The economy will grow again in 2010 but the upswing will be moderate at bestSNOWSTORMS and the longest cold snap since 1981; an unforeseen political Read More »
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Restructuring banks: The living dead

Posted by Margaret 302 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Banking | Tags: restructuring banks living dead

Europe has raced ahead of America in dealing with its dud banks. But there is more work to be doneIN FILMS zombies are dealt with using anything from Read More »
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Europe's troubled banks: The muscles from Brussels

Posted by Margaret 303 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Banking | Tags: europes troubled banks muscles brussels

Decisive action on zombie banks from…the European CommissionNEELIE KROES has, according to one analyst in London, “cut through all the bu Read More »
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Contingent capital: CoCo nuts

Posted by Margaret 304 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Banking | Tags: contingent capital coco nuts

Lloyds is first out of the gate with a new kind of capitalMENTION hybrids these days, and most people think of fuel-efficient cars. In banking, howev Read More »
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New banking measures: Chipped, not broken

Posted by Margaret 304 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Banking | Tags: new banking measures chipped broken

The latest chapter in the banking rescue is less novel than it seemsJUST over a year ago, as Britain’s banking system suffered a near-death exp Read More »
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Reshaping British banking: Putting competition first

Posted by Margaret 307 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Banking | Tags: reshaping british banking putting competition first

Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland are forced to sell businessesAT THE height of the banking crisis, restoring financial stability was paramount for t Read More »
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Economics focus: Buffer warren

Posted by Margaret 309 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Banking | Tags: economics focus buffer warren

Why are banks so averse to raising equity?THE usual laws of corporate finance do not seem to apply to banks. Almost all big industrial companies̵ Read More »
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ING breaks up: Slimming cures

Posted by Margaret 310 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Banking | Tags: ing breaks up slimming cures

The great carve-up of European banking continuesEUROPEAN bank presentations used to be filled with graphs of assets that sloped pleasingly upward. Fo Read More »
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Reshaping British banking: Rock carving

Posted by Margaret 311 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Banking | Tags: reshaping british banking rock carving

Splitting Northern Rock is just the beginningNORTHERN ROCK was rescued in September 2007, more than a year before the much-bigger Royal Bank of Scotl Read More »
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