Plan for banks to bail out Rock
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Secret plan to divide up Northern Rock among high street banks drawn up by government advisers
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The Bank of England has offered an emergency loan to Northern Rock  after the mortgage lender became the biggest British casualty so far of the credit squeeze sparked by the crisis in U.S. subprime mortgage markets.
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Embattled British bank Northern Rock  is preparing for a sell-off that could see its 100 billion pound ($200.6 billion) mortgage portfolio divided between the country's other major banks, the Sunday Telegraph said.
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The rescue of British bank Northern Rock  could get bogged down in a legal battle as shareholders criticized the government's handling of the five-month crisis just as a decision nears.
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The government has plans in place to use legislation if the Northern Rock bank is nationalised, the BBC learns.
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A group of French banks are setting up  an investment fund to bail out small and midsize asset managers  if there is a liquidity shortage, the Wall Street Journal  reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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A group of French banks are setting up an investment fund to bail out small and midsize asset managers if there is a liquidity shortage, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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A bank in Northern Ireland hit by a massive robbery this week is considering a drastic method of preventing the criminals enjoying their haul by taking all the types of notes seized out of circulation, it said.
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Emergency legislation is to be introduced to temporarily nationalise the stricken Northern Rock bank.
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Business & money: Bank could step in to tackle fresh inflation fears.
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The government Tuesday agreed to extend its guarantee to all customer deposits held at Northern Rock as the bank severely hit by the global credit squeeze awaits being taken over.
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Northern Rock faced another day of customers withdrawing their savings and share price drops on Monday after an emergency bail-out from the Bank of England last week.
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The Bank of England said Friday it had approved emergency funding for British bank Northern Rock PLC to help the company overcome a liquidity crisis
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Business & money: Government tells two groups bidding for Northern Rock to improve their offers or see bank nationalised
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More participants will join a credit  rescue plan that three lead banks are setting up to help  stabilize the asset-backed commercial paper market, but it will  be temporary, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Saturday.
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Business & money: Bank to see off shareholder revolt but hopes of private-sector rescue dwindle further
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Britain set a two-week deadline for a  private-sector rescue of Northern Rock  on Monday as it  confirmed plans to convert its billions of pounds of loans to  the stricken bank into bonds in a bid to smooth a deal.