Britain's major high street Banks refused to comment on whether their customers had been affected by the scam when contacted by the Times.

英国主要商业街上的银行接受《泰晤士报》采访时，对他们的客户是否受到诈骗影响的问题不予置评。

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The crisis began in late July when heavy rain caused major rivers in northern Pakistan to burst their Banks and send floodwaters southward along the Indus river.

这次危机始于7月底，当时大雨导致巴基斯坦西北部的主要河流决堤，使洪水沿着印度河南下。

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The financial crisis started in the United States when massive defaults on home loans led several major Banks to close down or merge.

金融危机是从美国开始的，起源于大规模房贷拖欠导致几家大银行倒闭或者濒临倒闭。

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To some in Washington, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is the master economist whose aggressive actions and creative solutions prevented complete economic collapse in 2008, when major American banks, investment firms,insurance companies, and home mortgage giants were failing at a catastrophic pace.

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Many wonder if the U.S. Federal Reserve will back off on monetary easing when other major central banks of the world are stepping harder on their easy-money accelerators to reinvigorate their economies.

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When people see two major investment banks disappear over the weekend and the largest insurance company in the world taken over, essentially, by the federal government, it gets serious.

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