Bulgarian Stalemate

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The latest in the Bulgarian bank saga. The audit report on Corporate Commercial Bank is out. It's very grim reading, but does that mean the bank will be closed down? Not necessarily.....

Find out more here. (Forbes)


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  1. Glad to know that the "Payment" arrow at the top right hand side is also new money.

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