Greece drags down banks ‘just like Lehman’

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Greece drags down banks ‘just like Lehman’

Secondary spreads for a swathe of southern European banks widened alarmingly this week as fears grew about their ability to fund through the Greek sovereign debt crisis. It put the brake on senior unsecured issuance right across Europe.

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