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02/11/2009
Alistair Darling is set to create three new high street banks and why there is light at the end of the tunnel for smaller manufacturers.
Andy Verity and Mickey Clark present this morning's business stories.
Alistair Darling has announced sweeping changes to retail banking with the creation of three new high street banks. Why there is still light at the end of the tunnel for smaller manufacturers and October's house price survey results are published later today.
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Mon 2 Nov 200905:30
BBC Radio 5 Live
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Selling off government-owned banks
RBS, Lloyds and Northern Rock will be broken up and other banks encouraged to buy their branches and compete against them. But will it make the banks more customer-friendly?
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- Mon 2 Nov 200905:30BBC Radio 5 Live
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