Europe rejects IMF call for more bank capital

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European bankers and politicians leapt to defend the region's banks on Thursday, rejecting an International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimate that they need 200 billion euros (176 billion pounds) in new capital to reflect sovereign debt losses.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/17e07dc8/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Europe+rejects+IMF+call+for+more+bank+capital&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F01%2Fuk-germanbanks-capital-idUKTRE7801KT20110901%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Europe+rejects+IMF+call+for+more+bank+capital&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F01%2Fuk-germanbanks-capital-idUKTRE7801KT20110901%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/111973797088/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17e07dc8/kg/268/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/111973797088/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/17e07dc8/kg/268/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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