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Over in the U.K., officials from the clearing banks are denying allegations that they made enormous trading profits from the Bank of England's attempts to prop up sterling last month. Peter Wood, Barclays' finance director, speaking for all U.K. clearing banks, said that internal and external limits kept the banks from benefiting more, though he admits that the clearing banks made good profits. Barclay's profits were less than £100 million. Wood says that the biggest profits were made by