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03/11/2009

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Last broadcast on Sun, 8 Nov 2009, 17:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

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The head of the Financial Services Authority, Lord Turner, has questioned the social usefulness of what banks do. But as he and other regulators wrestle with ways of controlling so-called 'casino operations', Michael Robinson lifts the lid on the latest tricks of the trade which some banks are now using to increase profits.

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  1. Tue 3 Nov 2009
    20:00
  2. Sun 8 Nov 2009
    17:00

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