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 Financial Times: US banks in rush for cheap finance
US banks are taking advantage of improving earnings and growing investor demand to raise billions of dollars in debt at low interest rates, a move that could boost the sector’s profits
Financial Times: Fed reports paper profit on Bear and AIG bail-outs
The US public’s hope of getting repaid for the bail-outs of Bear Stearns and AIG in the financial crisis increased on Thursday after the Federal Reserve reported a paper profit for the first time on all the holdings of securities bought from the companies
Financial Times: Wyly brothers charged over ‘undisclosed $550m’
US regulators charged Samuel and Charles Wyly, two billionaire brothers whose interests range from software to restaurants, with reaping more than $550m in undisclosed gains by trading shares in companies on whose boards they sat
Financial Times: Citi agrees $75m to settle SEC charges
Citigroup agreed to pay $75m to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it failed to disclose to investors more than $40bn in exposure to subprime mortgages
Financial Times: FSA unveils tough pay and bonus code
The FSA is broadening the scope of its pay code to more than 2.500 financial services companies to comply with EU legislation that introduced some of the world’s toughest restrictions on bankers’ bonuses
Financial Times: Wylie theatens broad digital expansion
Andrew Wylie, the literary agent whose exclusive deal with Amazon.com last week stunned the publishing world, has threatened a broad expansion of his digital publishing business to include up to 2,000 titles if traditional publishers refuse to improve digital royalties.
Financial Times: Google says China ‘blockage’ miscalculation
Google said that its search and advertising services were being blocked in China for first time since its groundbreaking compromise with the Chinese government earlier this month
 Yahoo!: Fed officials clash on need for more stimulus (Reuters)
Reuters - Federal Reserve officials clashed on Thursday over whether the central bank should be more aggressive in supporting the stumbling economy and one said the Fed's current policy may be contributing to worryingly low levels of inflation.
Yahoo!: Debate intensifies in Fed over economy (AP)
AP - Debate is intensifying at the Federal Reserve over how best to cope with a weakening recovery, with momentum growing for a concrete plan to prevent a backslide into recession.
Yahoo!: US Fed official warns of 'Japanese-style' stagnation (AFP)
AFP - The US economy risks "Japanese-style" stagnation, a top Federal Reserve official warned Thursday, as a key economic report was expected to show the recovery is losing pace.
Results underline strength of Europe’s corporate recovery
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