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Metro Bank has become the first new high street lender in Britain for over 100 years. Pledging to put the customer first with features like long opening hours, seven days a week, and allowing pet dogs into branches, Metro Bank hopes to tap into the public's growing dissatisfaction with traditional banks in the wake of the global financial crisis.





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Two years after the financial crisis was at its height, copper from Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo is once again attracting top-dollar prices. The price of the precious mineral from this province has almost tripled in recent months.





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Record price-slashing by retailers in the sales season and falling petrol costs helped bring down inflation in June.





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Former European Commission President Romano Prodi talks about the euro-region's sovereign debt crisis and the need for a common fiscal policy. He speaks with Andrea Catherwood on Bloomberg Television's "The Pulse."





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Peter Cecchini, chief strategist at BGC Financial LP, talks about the U.S. economy and consumer credit. Cecchini speaks with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock."





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John Herrmann, a senior strategist at State Street Global Markets, talks about the U.S. economy and labour market. Herrmann talks with Carol Massar and Matt Miller on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart."





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Richard Stovin-Bradford of the Financial Times' Lex commentary team talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton about the European Central Bank's lending to banks as its landmark 12-month loan expires today.





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Dean Curnutt, president of Macro Risk Advisors, talks with Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker about the prospects of Moody's Investors Service downgrading Spain's top credit rating and his investment strategy for European sovereign debt.





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Martin Woods, former director of Wachovia Corp.'s anti-money-laundering unit in London, talks about the use of Wachovia Corp. and others by Mexican drug cartels to launder funds. Wells Fargo & Co., which bought Wachovia in 2008, has admitted in court that its unit failed to monitor and report suspected money laundering by narcotics traffickers.





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Thomas Herrmann, an economist at Credit Suisse, talks about the impact of yesterday's Spanish debt auction on investor confidence and the European Union's decision to publish the results of stress tests on the region's lenders.





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