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&lt;b&gt;Raised lettering in the brickwork of the former Prudential Assurance building casts shadows in the City of London&lt;/b&gt;
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Prudential&amp;#39;s bid for rival AIG&amp;#39;s Asian unit appeared close to collapse after AIG rejected the British insu