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ICICI Bank ties up with UK Trade and Investment
04 Jan 2010
SBI to deploy 1.5 lakh card payment terminals next fiscal
01 Jan 2010
The State Bank of India plans to install about 1.5 lakh point of sale terminals for debit and credit card payment across the country over the next fiscal.
Iceland to repay €3.8 billion to British, Dutch investors
01 Jan 2010
The settlement, which is about 40 per cent of the nation's gross domestic product, will cost about €12,000 for each citizen on the island nation of 320,000.
US government to inject $3.8 billion into GMAC, hike stake to 56 per cent
31 Dec 2009
The treasury will increase its investment in GMAC to $16.3 billion, from $12.5 billion and will appoint four of the company's nine directors.
Chinese bank, Kazakh trust to jointly invest $2.7 billion in Kazakh copper mine
31 Dec 2009
As part of their continuing hunt for minerals around the world, Chinese companies are now eyeing copper deposits in Kazakhistan.
PNB ‘has headroom’ to raise Rs7000 crore
24 Dec 2009
State Street buys Intesa's securities business for $1.87 billion
24 Dec 2009
The provider of financial services to institutional investors, has acquired Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo’s securities services business with operations in Italy and Luxembourg
Credit Agricole, Societe Generale join hands to form Amundi
24 Dec 2009
With more than 650 billion euros assets under management, Amundi will rank third in Europe and eighth largest ast manager worldwide
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