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Britain pumps more cash into banks, forces split

Posted: November 4, 2009 at 4:29 a.m.

The British government moved Tuesday to break up the country’s two biggest retail banks, imposing a major shake-up on the financial sector as it exacts payback for last year’s largescale state bailout at the height of the financial crisis.

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