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World Service,20 Apr 2012,18 mins

Credit ratings agencies

Business Daily

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How are credit rating agencies reacting to EU moves to shake up their industry and address glaring conflicts of interest? Lesley Curwen talks to Sir George Mathewson, independent director of the credit rating agency DBRS, who welcomes the idea of more competition. Plus is Barcelona's Olympics legacy from 1992 all it seems? The BBC's Sports Editor, David Bond reports. And Washington commenator James Srodes asks how much it really matters who heads the World Bank?

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