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Image via WikipediaBarclays Dickers on Loan Waivers as European Banks Fight More Writedowns: Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Barclays Capital are staving off writedowns by propping up European companies with plummeting loan values."

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Bloomberg.com: U.K. & Ireland

Bloomberg.com: U.K. & Ireland: "Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government is set to buy majority stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and HBOS Plc to contain the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, two people familiar with the matter said."

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