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        <title><![CDATA[David Merritt - Senior Executive Editor]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Where Are the Most Affordable Homes in the UK?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Skipton Group chief executive Stuart Haire has the answer on this week’s episode of In the City. ]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Saadi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 05:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UBS Gives a Progress Report on the Credit Suisse Clean Up]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Beatriz Martin was tasked with sifting through the bank’s assets. Nearly two years in, she tells In the City it’s been easier than expected. ]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Saadi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 05:00:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[‘Baffling’ Inflation Tests Ghana Policy Making, Addison Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Merritt]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2022 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Ernest Addison, governor of the Bank of Ghana, poses for a photograph in London, U.K., on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. Ghana, which this week raised $3 billion through debt sales and was contemplating 100-year bonds, will work with the market to determine the tenure of its next issuance, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ryanair Trims Fares to Encourage Sales: The London Rush]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-16/ryanair-trims-fares-to-encourage-sales-the-london-rush</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Capel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 06:42:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Ryanair Holdings Plc passenger aircraft taxis towards a gate at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. The Hungarian government has made a non-binding offer to buy Budapest Airport, according to people familiar with the matter, as Prime Minister Viktor Orban seeks to gain control of what had been one of the fastest growing hubs in the region before the coronavirus pandemic.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[In The City: A New Podcast All About London]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Get the inside track on life and times in Europe’s capital of finance.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-12/in-the-city-a-new-podcast-all-about-london</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2022 04:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Skyscrapers in the Canary Wharf business, shopping and financial district on the skyline beyond a construction site in the City of London, U.K., on Monday, March 21, 2022. The U.K. is expanding the Financial Conduct Authority’s powers in a package of post-Brexit changes to the way it regulates the City of London.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Novartis CEO Sees ‘Better Place’ With Covid by Year-End]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Merritt]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:41:37 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Vas Narasimhan, chief executive officer of Novartis AG, gestures as he speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. The Chinese government&apos;s response to the Coronavirus has been &quot;remarkable&quot;, Narasimhan said during the interview.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Life Under Lockdown as Coronavirus Grips Italy: Q&A]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/coronavirus-q-a-life-under-lockdown-in-italy</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Merritt]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:17:41 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A commuter, wearing a protective face mask, waits on the platform for a Milan Metro subway train in Milan, Italy, on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Italy all but put a halt to normal life, paring the economy down to just essential services in a desperate bid to stem the advance of the deadly coronavirus.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Glaxo Sheds $7 Billion in Value After $5 Billion Tesaro Deal]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-03/glaxo-sheds-7-billion-in-value-after-5-billion-tesaro-deal</link>
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            <category><![CDATA[science-energy]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adveith Nair]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 15:25:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Britain Is Headed for a ‘Soft’ Brexit]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2018-07-12/why-britain-s-headed-for-a-soft-form-of-brexit-quicktake</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Merritt]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 18:30:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thai Junta Chief Says He'll Decide Political Future by September]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2018-06-21/thai-premier-sees-elections-early-next-year-to-end-military-rule</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anchalee Worrachate]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:21:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[London Police Find No Sign of Shooting After Oxford Street Panic]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-24/london-police-find-no-sign-of-shooting-after-oxford-street-panic</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma Ross-Thomas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2017 18:25:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[London's Oxford Street Cleared After Incident]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-24/london-police-tell-shoppers-to-leave-oxford-st-after-incident</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma Ross-Thomas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:20:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India’s NSE Sticking to IPO Deadline to Give Shareholders Exit]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-27/india-s-nse-sticking-to-ipo-deadline-to-give-shareholders-exit</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Santanu Chakraborty]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 06:33:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India Regulator Plans Rules to Slow Down High-Speed Trading]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-25/india-s-regulator-plans-rules-to-slow-down-high-speed-trading</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Santanu Chakraborty]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2016 22:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An employee is reflected in a glass panel as he monitors securities on a computer monitor at a brokerage firm in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Indian stocks advanced in volatile trading a day after the benchmark gauge plunged the most in six years, as banks helped counter declines in software exporters. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[IPOs Seen Reaching Record by Regulator Amid India Stocks Rally]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-22/first-share-sales-seen-rising-to-record-by-india-s-regulator</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Santanu Chakraborty]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2016 04:56:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>U K Sinha, chairman of SEBI, speaks during an interview in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, July 21, 2016. *** SECOND SENTENCE HERE ***. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Abe Aide Honda Advocates 29% Japan Corporate Tax to Stoke Growth]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:57:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Imran Khan Vows No Fear for Pakistan Vote as Violence Builds]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-04-26/imran-khan-vows-no-fear-for-pakistan-vote-as-violence-builds-1-</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:25:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pakistan’s Anwar Plans Lending Boost to Bolster Growth]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-03-04/pakistan-s-anwar-plans-lending-boost-to-bolster-economic-growth</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:48:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lucky to Post Record Profit as Pakistan Home Demand Rises]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:18:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mallya Magic Fades as Kingfisher Loss Sends Airline to Brink]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-11-17/mallya-magic-fades-as-kingfisher-losses-bring-airline-to-brink</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:14:36 GMT</pubDate>
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