The finance minister said the country's fiscal deficit had been pegged to 4.1% and is estimated to come down to 3.8% next year.

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Revenue at the equities division of the investment bank tumbled by half in the first quarter, compared with the same period in 2007, but much of the fall can be put down to reduced levels of proprietary trading as the bank pegged back its trading limits.

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