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Dutch government to invest $6.6 billion more in ABN AMRO-Fortis
20 Nov 2009
The Dutch government will invest €4.4 billion ($6.6 billion) more to integrate parts of ABN AMRO Bank NV and Fortis Bank Nederland into a strong, stable and profitable bank.
Indian banks' profits up 23.5 per cent in 2008-09
18 Nov 2009
The State Bank group and other nationalised banks showed an increase in profitability while the profitability of private banks and foreign banks declined.
Citigroup to sell stake in Bellsystem24 to Bain Capital for $1.12 billion
16 Nov 2009
The acquisition of Bellsystem24 by Boston-based private equity firm Bain Capital will be the largest buyout made by a foreign private equity firm in Japan in nearly two years
UBS accounts in London closed 3 years back: ADAG
13 Nov 2009
Taxing bankers profligacy
12 Nov 2009
Getting the bad boys to pay for future mistakes has a delicious quality of retribution in advance. It has an air of making the banks put aside something for a rainy day, writes CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest, in his exclusive column for domain-b.
Lloyds Banking Group to axe 5,000 jobs
11 Nov 2009
US government guarantees peaked $4.3 trillion: COP report
07 Nov 2009
The various government programmes played a major role in containing the severe financial crisis, and the income from these would likely exceed their expenditure, although
Axis Bank to offer interest rates, no processing fee, instant processing at its home expos
05 Nov 2009
Home loan rates to harden as banks feel crunch
02 Nov 2009
SBI reports 10.18 per cent rise in Q2 profit
31 Oct 2009
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