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Nov 20 2008
LLOYDS TSB shareholders backed the proposed takeover of ailing rival HBOS....
Nov 19 2008
If the deal gets the go-ahead, it will create a banking giant with around 145,000 staff and 3,000 branches across the UK....
Nov 11 2008
THE Bank of China has emerged as a potential bidder for an alternative takeover of HBOS, it was reported today....
Nov 3 2008
Chancellor Alistair Darling, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and the Financial Services Authority chairman Lord Turner of Ecchinswell are giving evidence to the Commons Treasury Committee....
Oct 31 2008
THE Government gave Lloyds TSB’s planned merger with HBOS the green light today after overruling competition concerns raised by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT)....
Oct 20 2008
A survey showed almost one in four feared their business activity will fall over the next year....
Oct 16 2008
CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling last night denied he was caving in to pressure over conditions attached to the £37bn bail-out of three UK banks....
Oct 15 2008
SHARES in the three UK banks being bailed out by the Government rose today amid reports of pressure for the £37bn plan to be reworked....
Oct 14 2008
NEW laws to help stop more British banks going bust will be debated in the Commons today as the Government continues efforts to halt the worst effects of the credit crunch....
