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Published in TZ Latest News 11 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Epic Portugal Damage Control To Preserve Bank Confidence: BES Resumes Trading, Surges Then Tumbles

Following yesterday’s peripheral European poundage over fears of what a Banco Espirito Santo failure could mean to the nation, and to the Eurozone, but most importantly to depositor confidence everywhere, today has been one epic damage control session, with one sellside penguin after another, most notably Goldman (which until hours ago had the cratering bank at a Buy rating, only to switch to Neutral this morning), rushing to release half-baked notes promising that “all is well, please to keep calm” and that nobody should certainly withdraw their deposits from insolvent European banks.

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