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World Service,16 Mar 2023,26 mins

Major US banks come up with $30bn to rescue First Republic

World Business Report

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Eleven US major private banks have confirmed they have launched a thirty-billion-dollar rescue package for First Republic Bank. And what about those who never use banks at all? We hear about the challenges for the billions of unbanked people and businesses around the world. Protests in Paris as the French president pushes through controversial plans to raise the pension age to 64. And why sleeper trains are being revived across Europe. You will hear a 'slow travel' company founder. (Picture: A pedestrian walks by a First Republic Bank office in San Francisco, California. Source: Getty Images)

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