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<title><![CDATA[State-backed UK banks gain approval for capital plans]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 13:09:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[State-backed British lenders Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland have agreed plans to shore up their capital with the financial regulator, removing a barrier to the government offloading its shares.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LONDON MARKETS: U.K. Stocks Extend Gains To 13-year High]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 12:26:42 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[U.K. stocks extended gains to close at a 13-year high on Wednesday, finding support in comments from the International Monetary Fund calling for more growth in the country.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UK Public Sector Borrowing Falls, Retail Sales Weak]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 05:15:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The U.K. public sector borrowed less than expected in April as an increase in income tax receipts boosted government coffers, but the positive sentiment was dented by the biggest monthly drop in retail sales for a year.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UK Government Borrows Less Than Expected in April, Retail Sales Fall]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 04:56:59 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The U.K. public sector borrowed less than expected in April as an increase in income tax receipts boosted government coffers, but the positive sentiment was dented by the biggest monthly drop in retail sales for a year.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IMF to Urge U.K. to Sell Stakes in RBS, Lloyds -Report]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 20:53:44 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Disposing of the public holdings in Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS, RBS.LN) and Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LYG, LLOY.LN) should be a priority for the U.K. government, the International Monetary Fund is expected to say Wednesday, according to The Times newspaper in London.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Swiss SNB Must Stick To EUR/CHF Floor for Now, IMF Says]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 10:14:53 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Swiss National Bank must maintain its policy of defending its exchange-rate floor as the country is still battling with deflation and fresh safe-haven inflows could again push the Swiss franc higher, reinforcing that trend and putting the country's exporters under further pressure, the International Monetary Fund said in its latest report Tuesday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IMF Urges Dubai to Regulate Property Market]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 04:55:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dubai should regulate the pace of its real estate market rebound to prevent another boom-bust scenario, a senior official at the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IMF: U.S. Cutting Budget Deficits Too Quickly]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 16:13:07 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The IMF on Monday said the U.S. is getting carried away with government austerity, offering some of the institution's bluntest criticism yet of Washington's rush to cut its budget deficit.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Piraeus Bank Posts First-Quarter Net Profit After Merger Deals]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 13:05:03 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Piraeus Bank (TPEIR.AT), one of Greece's largest lenders, on Monday reported a first-quarter net profit of 3.62 billion euros ($4.64 billion), largely due to a one-off capital gain of EUR3.4 billion relating to a negative goodwill contribution following the acquisition of the Greek units of troubled Cypriot banks.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BOE's King Says More Steps Needed for Growth]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 20:56:43 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The U.K. economy is in recovery but policy makers need to do more to lift growth, Bank of England Gov. Mervyn King said Sunday. "We are seeing a recovery.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greece to sell Postbank, Proton in July, stress-test big banks]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 08:24:12 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Greece's bank rescue fund will aim to sell Hellenic Postbank and Proton by mid-July with big banks continuing to absorb small lenders as part of plans to revive the battered sector, the country's foreign lenders said in an inspection review.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BOE's King: More Needs to Be Done for UK Recovery]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 06:35:01 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The U.K. economy is in recovery but policy makers need to do more to lift growth, Bank of England Gov. Mervyn King said Sunday. "We are seeing a recovery.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Risks for Cyprus are 'unusually high', adoption of austerity plan imperative: IMF]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 10:25:33 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The IMF said on Friday that risks for Cyprus were "unusually high" given its weak banking sector and economy and the island's full adoption of an economic austerity plan was imperative.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Canada International Reserves Down $811 Million in Week Ended May 15]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 15:25:26 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Canada's official international reserves fell $811 million in the week ended May 15, the Bank of Canada reported on its website.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Spain Bank Monitoring Mission Starts Next Week]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 13:15:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund is planning to send two missions to Spain in the coming weeks, one to study the country's ailing bank sector and the other for the nation's annual economic assessment, a fund official said Thursday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IMF: Spain Bank Monitoring Mission Starts Next Week]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 12:44:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund is planning to send two missions to Spain in the coming weeks, one to study the country's ailing bank sector and the other for the nation's annual economic assessment, a fund official said Thursday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IMF Sees More Easing Warranted If Outlook Worsens]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 12:25:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[More central bank easing in the U.S. and Europe may be warranted if the economic outlook sours, but there's a risk of diminishing returns, the International Monetary Fund said in a report Thursday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IMF Approves Cyprus Bailout]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 15:25:03 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund Wednesday approved a bailout loan for Cyprus that will allow an immediate disbursement of EUR86 million ($110.7 million) to the beleaguered euro zone economy.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IMF: Board Approves Cyprus Bailout]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 15:12:03 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund Wednesday approved a bailout loan for Cyprus that will allow an immediate disbursement of EUR86 million ($110.7 million) to the beleaguered euro zone economy.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Analysis: For all the debt, there's a shortage of bonds]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 01:58:03 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Debt may be everywhere but there's a scarcity of bonds.]]></description>
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