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  BoE Governor Pushed for Barclays Chief’s Ouster

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 17, 2012

  The British Parliament got an earful over the last couple of days as testimony continued in the LIBOR-fixing scandal.

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  Greek Bank Head Took Secret Loans to Finance Bank Stake

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 16, 2012

  Greece’s fiscal troubles seemed to grow deeper with the revelation that companies owned by Piraeus Bank’s chairman and his children took out secret loans from a rival bank to pay for Piraeus shares.

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  Talk of Greek Euro Exit Grows as Political Deadlock Continues

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2012

  More than a week after elections brought anti-austerity parties to the fore, the task of brokering a compromise is in the hands of President Papoulias, who thus far has been as unsuccessful as the party leaders themselves.

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  Europe Tries to Regroup as Spain Falters

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  May 4, 2012

  Largely ignoring sovereign debt woes in the region, European stocks inside the Vanguard MSCI Europe ETF were ahead by 7.65% this year, as of late April.

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  Q3 Earnings Kickoff: JPMorgan Profit Drops 4%

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 13, 2011

  JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Thursday kicked off the finance sector’s first major earnings release for the third-quarter with an anticipated drop in profit, down 4% to $4.26 billion from $4.42 billion a year ago.

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  Greek Debt Swap Feared Short of Goal

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 9, 2011

  Banks and insurers, who were supposed to declare Friday whether they would join the bond exchange that was a condition of a second bailout for Greece, were slow to declare themselves, and a shortfall was feared at midday.