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Friday, December 14, 2012

Europe moves to unify banks, help Greece





European officials Thursday took two more steps in their fight against the region's lingering debt crisis, agreeing on a deal to put big banks under the oversight of a single supervisor and releasing desperately needed loans for Greece to pay its mounting bills.

The plan to have the European Central Bank supervise the eurozone's major financial institutions lays the foundation for a deeper "banking union" across the 17-nation currency bloc, or a harmonization of rules governing the finance sector.


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