First UK Islamic Bank opens doors
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The UK's first stand-alone Islamic High Street bank,  aimed at the UK's 1.8 million Muslims opens in London on Wednesday.
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READING -- A year after being founded in 1887, Reading Co-operative Bank made its first loan to a woman, a transaction that was most unusual in those days.
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A consortium led by Royal Bank of  Scotland  said on Friday it had formally launched its  71.1 billion euro ($98.2 billion) bid for Dutch bank ABN AMRO   as it attempts to beat rival suitor Barclays   to the biggest ever bank takeover.
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Standard Chartered said it had acquired Korea First Bank for 3.3 billion dollars (2.5 billion euros) in cash, the largest foreign investment in South Korea's financial industry.
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The first branch of Britain&#39;s only wholly Islamic bank - which will operate strictly in accordance with Shariaâa principles â-as been opened in London today.
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All new mothers in the UK are to receive guidance about managing money from the financial watchdog.
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A primary school says it is the first to open a baby care unit which is not run by a private firm.
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UNI, New Delhi, Dec 5: The Finance Minister, Mr P Chidambaram, today announced further opening up of the banking sector, saying the modalities for foreign banks acquiring upto 74 per cent stake in Indian private banks will be announced by the year-end.
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An estimated 500,000 shoppers piled through the doors of the Junction One outlet shopping centre in Antrim during its first month of trading.
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Business & money: Britain's third largest bank first  to admit it is feeling financial pain of customers reclaiming overdraft and other fees.
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Scotland's expensive new parliament building is opened amid great ceremony.
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A UK company is formed specifically to help more businesses outsource their operations to India.
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The troubled Northern Rock bank extends its opening hours to cope with customers wishing to withdraw savings.
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Lloyds TSB becomes the first High Street to offer the UK's Muslims a current account compatible with Islamic law.
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New York's first publicly-funded Arabic-language school opened on Tuesday, defying critics who warned it could foster anti-American Islamist extremism.
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THE Commonwealth Bank is set to become the first Australian financial institution to enter mainland China&#39;s commercial and retail banking sector.
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Western Europe&#39;s first retail bank built around Islamic law, or Sharia, has opened for business in London. The Islamic Bank of Britain (IBB), which does not permit the paying or charging