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Austria May Raise Bank Capital Requirements -cbank - Forbes
vienna, oct 19 (reuters) - austria may increase the capital requirements for its banks as part of its 100 billion euro ($134.7 billion) package to protect its financial sector, central bank governor ewald nowotny said on sunday. nowotny said banks ...
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Austrian Central Bank Governor Hospitalized
vienna, austria (ap): officials in vienna say the austrian central bank governor has been re-hospitalized after suffering complications from routine surgery.
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Le Gare Di Oggi: Fari Puntati Su Chelsea-liverpool. Real Contro Il Bilbao
austria: t-mobile bundesliga a. kärnten-lask linz azerbaijan: premier league fk baku-khazar lenkoran simurq-olimpik baku belgio: jupiler league gent-club brugge genk-st.
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Austria C.bank Hasn't Sold Gold This Year -gov - Forbes
vienna, oct 19 (reuters) - austria's central bank has not yet sold gold this year, governor ewald nowotny said in a television interview with austrian state broadcaster orf on sunday. 'regarding the gold reserves -- we haven't reduced them this year ...
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Banking 1991-2000 - Kommersant
today there are about 1300 banks in russia, with the largest of them concentrated in moscow and st. petersburg. the russian banking system had just as many banks in 1991, when it was still soviet. up to 1995, the number of banks increased to 3000 ...
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Ecb's Nowotny In `stable' Condition In Hospital After Operation
oct. 25 (bloomberg) -- european central bank council member ewald nowotny remained in a private hospital in vienna after experiencing a ``complication'' during a ``routine'' operation.
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Canada To Guarantee Bank Borrowing Amid Crisis (update3)
oct. 23 (bloomberg) -- the canadian government will provide guarantees on borrowing by the country's banks in a bid to revive lending and match bank bailouts offered by other governments.
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Austria Includes Small Firms In Deposit Guarantee - Reuters
vienna, oct 20 (reuters) - austria will extend the unlimited guarantee on bank deposits to also cover small and medium companies, not only private individuals, according to a slightly changed draft law that took a key hurdle on monday. the country's ...
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Europe On The Brink Of Currency Crisis Meltdown - Daily Telegraph
the financial crisis spreading like wildfire across the former soviet bloc threatens to set off a second and more dangerous banking crisis in western europe, tipping the whole continent into a fully-fledged economic slump. currency pegs are being ...
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Xdc And Fortis Bank Begin Work On 100 Million Euro Digital-cinema Financing Package
digital-cinema provider xdc and fortis bank signed a mandate letter and an indicative term sheet to structure and arrange a 100 million euro financing package in order to support xdc's first-phase rollout of digital cinema in europe by early 2009.
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News In Brief
nationpnc to buy cleveland bankpnc financial services group, a large regional bank, said friday it is buying national city, a struggling cleveland-based bank, to create the fifth-largest bank in the country by deposits.
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Thousands Flee Fighting As Congo Rebels Seize Gorilla Park - Cnn
(cnn) -- congolese rebels seized a major military camp and a spacious gorilla park in a renewed bout of heavy fighting that sent thousands fleeing, according to the united nations and park officials. young gorillas play in congo's virunga park, which ...
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Israel's Livni Scraps Coalition Talks, Seeks Early Elections - Cnn
jerusalem (cnn) -- kadima party leader tzipi livni has given up efforts to form a coalition government and will ask president shimon peres for early elections, her spokesman told cnn sunday. israel's tzipi livni is expected to call for general ...
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Metrobriefs
police have detained for questioning two security escorts of an armored van of the bank of the philippine islands branch at sm fairview in quezon city that was taken by armed men friday.
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Film Of The Week: Quantum Of Solace
film of the week craig in sizzling action quantum of solace 12a, 106mins opens friday, october 31
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Austria Approves $134 Bn Bank Bailout Scheme - Economic Times
vienna: austria's parliament approved a 100- billion-euro (usd 134 billion) bailout plan on monday to stabilise the country's banking sector in the fallout from the global financial crisis. vienna will guarantee up to 75 billion euros in loans and ...
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Banks Prepare To Make Use Of Austrian Bail-out Package - Summary - Earthtimes
vienna - as austria's parliament passed bail-out measures for banks monday, some of the country's financials institutions said they would make use of the government's capital injections and guarantees for inter-bank credits. all five parties in ...
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Austria Finalises 100-billion-euro Bank Bailout Scheme
austria's parliament approved a 100-billion-euro bailout plan on monday to stabilise the country's banking sector in the fallout from the global financial crisis.
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(afx Uk Focus) 2008-10-19 14:32 Austria C.bank Hasn't Sold Gold This Year -gov
vienna, oct 19 (reuters) - austria's central bank has not yet sold gold this year, governor ewald nowotny said in a television interview with austrian state broadcaster orf on sunday. "regarding the gold reserves -- we haven't reduced them this year," he said in the interview. he said the central bank owned around 52 tonnes of gold as part of its currency reserve.
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Banks Prepare To Make Use Of Austrian Bail-out Package (roundup) - Monsters And Critics
vienna - as austria's parliament passed bail-out measures for banks monday, some of the country's financials institutions said they would make use of the government's capital injections and guarantees for inter-bank credits. all five parties in ...
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