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Ben KingBusiness reporter Getty Images The UK’s stock market has fallen after a warning from two US banks triggered a sell-off in banking shares. Two US regional lenders, Western Alliance Bank and Zions Bank, said on Thursday that they had been hit by either bad or fraudulent loans, sparking fears of problems in the banking…
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