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		<title>Paul Krugman on the ratings agencies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my role as Chair of NZCU South, I have recently been a participant in a credit rating process conducted by Standard and Poors on our credit union.  We ended up with a respectable BB rating. Forced on us by recent government regulation, it was an interesting process.  I will spare you my grief over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.petertaylor.co.nz&amp;blog=5044058&amp;post=209&amp;subd=petertaylor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Building society mergers ahead?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could we be on the verge of a rash of building society mergers?  Rob Stock&#8217;s Sunday Star Times analysis of  merger prospects for financial mutuals CBS Canterbury and Southern Cross Building Society.  Discusses advocacy of merger by Chris Swasbrook of Elevation Capital who have a stake in CBS.  Suggests this could be the first in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.petertaylor.co.nz&amp;blog=5044058&amp;post=135&amp;subd=petertaylor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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