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A look at economic developments around the globe

A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:

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LONDON — Government-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC reported a quarterly loss of 1.8 billion pounds ($3 billion) despite an improvement in underlying profits and said lending to small- and medium-sized companies increased 5 percent.

Full recovery from its near collapse a...

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