<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Alert Data News | Business | Companies | UK | Retail Banking &amp; Consumer Financial Services</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk</link><description>Latest Retail Banking &amp; Consumer Financial Services Business News powered by Alert Data</description><language>en-gb</language><copyright>&amp;copy; Alert Research Ltd 2005-2010</copyright><webMaster>rss@alertdata.co.uk</webMaster><ttl>30</ttl><docs>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/rss.php</docs><generator>PHP/5.2.13</generator><image><title>Alert Data</title><url>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/images/alertdata.gif</url><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk</link><width>216</width><height>51</height><description>Latest Retail Banking &amp; Consumer Financial Services Business News powered by Alert Data</description></image><item><title>Santander UK PLC</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/3262.htm</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;Santander reports quarterly and biannual profits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Banco Santander has released its financial results for the first six months and second quarter of 2010.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:19:38 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alertdata.co.uk/3262.htm</guid></item><item><title>Investment Company plc, The</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/51591.htm</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;Investment Company plc, The - Result of AGM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;INV - At the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 28 July 2010 shareholders approved the following resolutions;   Routine Business:- To receive and adopt the accounts and reports of the Directors for the year ended 31 March 2010. 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