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Koor Q3 profit slips despite gain from Credit Suisse

JERUSALEM, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Israeli holding company Koor Industries on Sunday reported a drop in quarterly net profit despite a large capital gain stemming from its investment in Credit Suisse. Koor recorded a net profit of 428 million shekels, or 20.03
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Latvia eyes liquidity boost for bank after takeover

RIGA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Latvia expects second-largest bank Parex, which the state said on Saturday it was taking over due to liquidity problems, would need an initial injection of about 200 million lats ($361.2 million), officials said on Sunday. The
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Wilson 16 holes from HSBC Champions title

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HBOS Rejects Bid to Block Deal

By Jodie Ginsberg and Steve Slater LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biggest home lender HBOS rejected on Saturday a proposal from the former heads of Royal Bank of Scotland and Bank of Scotland to block its government-brokered takeover by
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Banking secrecy "has to be explained" to the US

Martin Naville tells swissinfo that it is also important for the Swiss to hammer home the message that Switzerland is not a tax haven. Naville said he did not think much would change under Obama because he had many problems to deal with and limited room
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Brokers can thrive in a bank culture

I read the article, 'Can reps who stay thrive in banks' culture,' which appeared in the Oct. 6 issue. After three decades of experience in building sales teams within larger organizations, I firmly believe that brokers can indeed thrive in a bank
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Taiwan Central Bank Cuts Key Interest Rate

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HSBC Champions third and early fourthround

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HBOS Debate Taken To Shareholders

The former chiefs of two banks are to appeal directly to HBOS shareholders in a bid to oust the group's top brass and scupper the Lloyds TSB takeover. It follows an announcement that board members 'unanimously' rejected Sir George Mathewson and Sir Peter
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Lloyds TSB appoints IT chief

Lloyds TSB has appointed Mark Fisher, executive director at Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) and chief executive of ABN Amro, as its director of group IT and operations. Fisher has been responsible for overseeing the integration of the ABN Amro
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Two more US banks fail, tally grows to 19 this year

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Lloyds TSB backs HBOS with 10 bln stg loan -paper

LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - British bank Lloyds TSB Group Plc (LLOY.L: Quote, Profile, Research) is providing financial support to its takeover target HBOS Plc (HBOS.L: Quote, Profile, Research) through a 10 billion pound ($16 billion) loan facility,
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Taiwan Central Bank Cuts Interest Rate Unexpectedly

the Taiwan central bank unexpectedly reduced its key interest rate to stimulate domestic demand and boost economic growth. The Central Bank of the Republic of China trimmed discount rate by 25 basis points to 2.75% from 3%, with effect from November 10.
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Business FYI: Summit Bank plans expansion

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Lloyds TSB backs HBOS with 10 bln stg loan

LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds TSB Group is providing financial support to its takeover target HBOS through a 10 billion pound loan facility, the Sunday Times reported. The newspaper said the 'covert agreement' showed how closely the two were working together
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Swinney calls for Scottish banks to look at ways of funding small businesses

Scotland's banks should consider 'all possible ways' of helping businesses struggling through the economic downturn. Finance Secretary John Swinney's calling on the four major banks here - RBS, HBOS, Lloyds TSB and the Clydesdale Bank - to look at all
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Lloyds TSB backs HBOS with 10 bln stg...

LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - British bank Lloyds TSB Group Plc is providing financial support to its takeover target HBOS Plc through a 10 billion pound ($16 billion) loan facility, Britain's Sunday Times reported. The newspaper said the 'covert
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England's Oliver Wilson shoots third-round 69 to take lead at HSBC Champions event in China

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Day three of HSBC Champions event in Shanghai

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Housing Bank posts profit of US$ 178-Mn by end of Q3

Browse > Home / Business / AMMAN, Nov. 9 ? The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance(HBTF) generated a pretax profit of 178.1 million U.S. dollars by the end of this year's third quarter, local daily The Jordan Times reported on Sunday. HBTF Chairman
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G20 finance ministers, central bank governors meet in Sao Paulo

Browse > Home / Business / SAO PAULO, Nov. 9 ? Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 (G20) major industrial and emerging-market countries begin their annual meeting here Saturday to seek ways to weather the global
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Sabarimala prasadam coupons through Dhanalakshmi Bank

Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Lord Ayyappa pilgrims visiting the famous Sabarimala temple during the current Manadala-Makaravillaku Festival can get their temple prasadam coupons from various branches of Dhanalakshmi Banks across the country. Kerala
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Russia, Venezuela sign deals on joint bank, aluminum plant

Browse > Home / Business / CARACAS, Nov. 9 ? Russia and Venezuela have signed a memorandum on setting up a joint development bank with starting capital of US$ 4 million. With Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor
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Lloyds TSB backs HBOS with 10 bln stg loan -paper

LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - British bank Lloyds TSB Group Plc is providing financial support to its takeover target HBOS Plc through a 10 billion pound ($16 billion) loan facility, Britain's Sunday Times reported. The newspaper said the 'covert agreement'
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Lloyds TSB backs HBOS with 10 bln stg loan -paper

(Reuters) - British bank Lloyds TSB Group Plc (LLOY.L: Quote, Profile, Research) is providing financial support to its takeover target HBOS Plc (HBOS.L: Quote, Profile, Research) through a 10 billion pound ($16 billion) loan facility, Britain's Sunday
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Lloyds TSB backs HBOS with loan

The newspaper said the 'covert agreement' showed how closely the two were working together ahead of Lloyds TSB's agreed acquisition of the home lender and said the scale of support was surprising. A spokesman for Lloyds TSB declined to comment. The
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Russia, Venezuela sign deals on joint bank, aluminum plant

Caracas, Nov 9 (RIA Novosti) Russia and Venezuela have signed a memorandum on setting up a joint development bank with a starting capital of $4 million as part of an expanding economic and trade ties between the two countries. Agreements were also signed
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Lloyds TSB backs HBOS with 10 bln stg loan -paper

LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - British bank Lloyds TSB Group Plc is providing financial support to its takeover target HBOS Plc through a 10 billion pound ($16 billion) loan facility, Britain's Sunday Times reported. The newspaper said the 'covert agreement'
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Lloyds TSB backs HBOS with loan

LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds TSB Group is providing financial support to its takeover target HBOS through a 10 billion pound loan facility, the Sunday Times reported. The newspaper said the 'covert agreement' showed how closely the two were working together
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UPDATE 1-Turkey's Ziraat Bank 9-mth net profit falls 10 pct [XFNA]

MARDIN, Turkey, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Turkey's largest lender Ziraat Bank posted a 10 percent fall in nine-month net profit to 1.63 billion lira ($1.1 billion), chief executive Can Akin Caglar said on Sunday. Profits at the bank, which traditionally focuses
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