Things we're reading today include:
Barclays in $10bn talks over BGI sale (Financial Times)
Deal with CVC in doubt after Barclays opens talks over sale of
BGI (Times)
RBS declines as margin worries weigh
(Independent)
MPs attack 'self-pitying bankers and naive Myners' in new report (Independent)
MPs round on Lord Myners in attack on City pay culture
(Telegraph)
Bankers escape entire blame (Financial Times)
Exchanges sense bonanza in OTC overhaul (Financial Times)
Europe likely to move more slowly on OTCs (Financial Times)
Bank of England Warns of ‘Slow and Protracted’ Recovery
(New York Times)
My instincts say the Bank has no reason to be so pessimistic
(Independent)
China's yuan 'set to usurp US dollar' as world's reserve currency
(Telegraph)
Thriving Norway Provides an Economics Lesson
(New York Times)
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