Official: EU banks have to raise $140 billion

share: digg facebook twitter BRUSSELS (AP) — A European official says the European Union's finance chiefs are close to agreeing upon new rules that would force banks to raise just over €100 billion ($140 billion) in new capital to be able to sustain worsening market turmoil.

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