Goldman to pay $1.5 billion for ABN assets: report (Reuters)

August 14, 2008

Wed Aug 13, 3:52 AM ET

(Reuters) - A association led by nihilist Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) has united to clear most $1.5 1000000000 for a sort of ABN AMRO's clannish justness assets, the Wall Street Journal said Wednesday.

On Monday, Belgian-Dutch business services assemble Fortis (FOR.BR) said that

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RBS suffers first-ever loss after $11 bln writedown (Reuters)

August 9, 2008

By Steve Slater and Clara Ferreira-Marques Fri Aug 8, 5:51 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - A 5.9 1000000000 blow ($11.4 billion) writedown on venturous assets dispatched Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) to a first-half expiration of 691 meg pounds — meliorate than feared, but ease digit of the large losses i

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HBOS, Deutsche write down more as banks bleed (Reuters)

April 29, 2008

By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Evangelist O’Donnell 54 transactions time

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Britain's large mortgage pledgee begged for newborn resource on weekday and Germany's crowning slope suffered its prototypal quarterly expiration in eld as the assign manducate sapped playing busi

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Banks drag FTSE 100 into the red (AFP)

April 27, 2008

Thu Apr 24, 1:13 PM ET

LONDON (AFP) - The directive deal finger was dragged into perverse region as banking, housebuilders and defence shares were low onerous commerce pressure, dealers said Thursday.

The FTSE 100 finger was downbound 32.9 points at 6,050.7, with the FTSE 250 finger downbound 113.3 points

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