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'It doesn't sound like anything all... it's a pretty vague statement to recapitalise the banks' - Marcel Alexandrovich, economist at Jefferies, says European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso's speech yesterday, promising to shake up the European banks, lacked detail.

Published: 13 Oct 2011

Last Updated: 09 Oct 2013

Source: The Independent

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