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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said in an interview for Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt ,” airing this weekend, that it’s too early to “declare victory” even as the housing market shows progress two years after the credit crunch drove down home prices.

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HUD’s Donovan Says It’s Too Early to Declare Housing Victory (Transcript)

John Varley, who guided Barclays bank through the credit crisis without resorting to a government bailout, will retire next year as chief executive, to be succeeded by the head of the group’s highly profitable investment banking operation, the company said Tuesday.

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Barclays CEO John Varley to step down

Devon-based social housing giant Connaught is on the brink of collapse, it was reported.

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Social housing firm Connaught ‘close to collapse’