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Wed 10 Oct 2007EU may legislate in wake of subprime falloutEU finance ministers will consider amending financial regulations to provide more transparency and better monitoring of banks' assets in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis.However, they agreed yesterday on a strategy that will leave the final say on whether state funds can be used to bail out ailing banks in the hands of the European Commission.