Banks News Updates
CORRECT(02/04): Santander, China Construction Bank In JV Talks (Fox News)
4 February 2010
CORRECT(02/04): Santander, China Construction Bank In JV Talks...
Vietnam Maritime Bank 2009 Pretax Profit VND1.1 Trillion (Fox News)
4 February 2010
Vietnam Maritime Bank 2009 Pretax Profit VND1.1 Trillion...
2nd UPDATE: Thanachart Bank Makes Top Bid For Siam City Bank Stake - Source (Fox News)
4 February 2010
2nd UPDATE: Thanachart Bank Makes Top Bid For Siam City Bank Stake - Source...
TPG’s Bank Tabungan Loans Grow 50% as It Taps Poor (Update1) (Bloomberg)
4 February 2010
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- PT Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional , controlled by TPG, said lending rose more than 50 percent last year, about five times the industry average, as it gained access to the “mass market” in Indonesia.
UPDATE: Bank of Beijing Cleared To Buy Into ING Insurance JV (Fox News)
4 February 2010
UPDATE: Bank of Beijing Cleared To Buy Into ING Insurance JV...
Bank of America charged with fraud in Merrill Lynch deal (USA Today)
4 February 2010
Bank of America and two former top executives were charged with securities fraud on allegations they misled investors on the Merrill Lynch deal.
Bank of America E-Mails Show Lehman, Not Merrill Was Buy Target (Bloomberg)
4 February 2010
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- When Bank of America Corp. ’s board met to approve the acquisition of an investment bank on Sept. 15, 2008, members thought they were going to buy Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
Shares fall; Swiss cbank intervention boosts euro - ReportonBusiness.com
4 February 2010
Shares fall; Swiss cbank intervention boosts euroReportonBusiness.comUnderscoring how euro zone troubles are increasingly spilling over into global markets, sources said the Swiss National Bank intervened on Friday to weaken ...
CA-BUSINESS Summary - ReportonBusiness.com
4 February 2010
CA-BUSINESS SummaryReportonBusiness.comBANGKOK (Reuters) - Thanachart Bank, 49 percent owned by Canada's Scotiabank , has offered $984 million to buy 48 percent of Thailand's seventh-ranked ...
Thai foreign reserves down, swaps flat, week to Jan 29 - Interactive Investor
4 February 2010
Thai foreign reserves down, swaps flat, week to Jan 29Interactive InvestorThe central bank has intervened regularly in the market to slow the baht's gains against the dollar. Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. ...
Thai bank makes offer for Siam City stake - Interactive Investor
4 February 2010
Thai bank makes offer for Siam City stakeInteractive InvestorBANGKOK (Reuters) - Thanachart Bank, 49 percent owned by Canada's Scotiabank , has offered $984 million (625.2 million pounds) ...
TD AMERITRADE Institutional Outlines Programs; Product Enhancements to Help ... - Benzinga
4 February 2010
TD AMERITRADE Institutional Outlines Programs; Product Enhancements to Help ...BenzingaTD AMERITRADE Advisorlink SM 1 is a powerful resource developed in conjunction with a third-party investment bank to refer and match advisors looking to ...
Miranda Kerr: Banker shouldn't lose job over photo - Arizona Daily Star
4 February 2010
Miranda Kerr: Banker shouldn't lose job over photoArizona Daily StarMacquarie Bank worker Dave Kiely was at his desk as a colleague was being interviewed about interest rates when the camera showed him apparently opening ...
Bank of Beijing Approved to Buy 50 Pct Stake of ING Capital Life Insurance - CRIENGLISH.com
4 February 2010
Bank of Beijing Approved to Buy 50 Pct Stake of ING Capital Life InsuranceCRIENGLISH.comBank of Beijing, China leading city commercial bank by market value, has been approved to buy 50 percent of shares of ING Capital Life Insurance Co., Ltd., ...