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		<title>UK retailing and financial sectors optimistic about 2010.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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According to a recent survey conducted by the Confederation for British Industry (CBI), around a third of the UK financial services companies were said to be more optimistic about their situation and that of the sector in general. This makes for the third consecutive quarter that confidence has risen in the financial services industry, making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darling gives Lloyds the nod to test the water</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling now appears likely to give Lloyds the go ahead to test the seriousness of its ambitious &#163;25 billion refinancing plan. Darling&#8217;s tacit agreement will be looked upon by city watchers as a definite indication that the chancellor could be prepared to release the bank from its obligations to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bonuses or no bonuses, UK taxpayers to lose out according to RBOS chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Royal Bank of Scotland its chief executive, Stephen Hester UK Taxpayers will lose out if the bank unable to pay bonuses, in what some could construe as a veiled threat o what could happen if the intense public scrutiny faced by the bailed-out bank is not eased and bonus hungry staff continue to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTSE hopping as half year results flow in.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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The FTSE was at the centre of UK financial news with many of its major companies announcing or about to announce their half year results. Which till now have been mostly encouraging.
The UK companies owned by Spanish bank Santander saw their profits rise by a third in the first half of the year as bad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compare the best banks for the best interest rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t that long ago that if you went to your bank of building society looking to earn some interest on your deposit account, all you would get was a blank expression. A sign that things are getting better in the UK economy in general and banks and building societies in particular is that there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get used to it: Santander is here to stay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 11:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some might say deservedly, buts some of Britain’s best known banking brands will be removed from the UK&#8217;s high street, on news that Santander, the Spanish bank who first set foot in the UK market with the purchase of Abbey and later acquired both Alliance &#38; Leicester as well as the savings branch of Bradford [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interest for savers slashed to just 0.1%</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banks and buildings societies have silently slashed savings rates over the holidays, with many accounts returning a penny in the pound or 0.1% interest.
Lloyds TSB, Halifax, Abbey, Barclays, Alliance and Leicester, NatWest, Nationwide and Royal Bank of Scotland all reduced their rates on variable interest accounts.
Egg and Yorkshire Building Society have withdrawn fixed rate offers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Savings At Risk As Banks Topple</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Savers with large amounts of cash on deposit should take action now to protect their money as the credit crunch threatens to sink more banks.
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) underwrites a £35,000 per person per bank repayment guarantee in the event of a crisis.
On the face of it, the FSCS pays out if savers [...]]]></description>
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