Financial sector returns to growth - papers

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Financial firms may be recovering, with business volumes growing for the first time in two years, a survey has shown.

According to the BBC, Business increased in three months to early September, said 7% of those surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers and business organisation the CBI. But building societies returned to feeling "downbeat" and business levels were weak in other areas, suggesting the recovery still has a way to go. See story...

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