Euro banks spread gloom as profits fall
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081105/2008_11_05t054037_450x330_us_financial.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=sJAe73PZIZ7dOZucDhmVlg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="BNP Paribas Chief Executive Officer Baudouin Prot speaks during a news conference to announce the bank's third-quarter results in Paris November 5, 2008. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081105/bs_nm/us_financial)Reuters - A raft of European bank results did little to lift the gloom on Wednesday, with a recurring trend of falling profits and rising provisions stemming from the global financial crisis.</p><br clear="all"/>
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