Banks general
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
SBS merger with SBI formalised as RS passes bill
19 Dec 2009
NAB to acquire AXA Asia Pacific’s Aussie, NZ units for A$4.6 billion
18 Dec 2009
The surprise announcement comes after Australia's AMP, and France's AXA SA, which owns 54 per cent of AXA AP, moved earlier this week to bring a swift conclusion to their ongoing cash and scrip bid for AXA AP
Citi sells 5.4 billion shares to raise $20 billion for TARP repayment
17 Dec 2009
Citi sold 5.4 billion shares at $3.15 apiece against the $3.25 a share the government paid in September for acquiring a stake in Citi.
FDIC hikes 2010 budget to $4 billion
16 Dec 2009
Banks workers go on strike against mergers; services hit
16 Dec 2009
Nearly 600,000 bank employees across the country went on strike today to protest against the merger and consolidation of public sector banks
Bankers' should say, 'not this year ' to bonuses…
15 Dec 2009
The 50-per cent bankers’ bonus levy is a nasty, unworkable piece of policy targeting a specific group, yet, it is entirely understandable in the current climate, says CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest, in his exclusive column for domain-b.
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