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The logo of the Nationwide Building Society sits on a sign outside one of the company's branches in London, U.K., on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. Nationwide Building Society, the U.K.'s largest customer-owned lender, said pretax profit rose 17 percent after the company issued more mortgages and increased its consumer business through credit cards and personal loans. ©Bloomberg

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Visitors view Edouard Manet's 'Music in the Tuileries Gardens' during a press view of 'Manet:Portraying Life', the first major exhibition in the UK to showcase Edouard Manet's portraiture, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. ©PA Feb 1, 2013

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A local broker (in the mirror at L) looks at a stock exchange screen at the headquarters of Erste Investment Ltd in Budapest on October 30, 2008. The Hungarian forint rose further and stocks showed another jump today on a wave of positive sentiment following an international support plan for Hungary. ©Getty Jan 18, 2013

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Tom Queally on Frankel wins The Queen Anne Stakes during the first day of racing at Royal Ascot ©Reuters Nov 30, 2012

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