Britain nationalizes ailing Northern Rock
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Britain decided to nationalize Northern  Rock  on Sunday, abandoning a five-month attempt to  snare a private sector buyer for the ailing bank and piling  more pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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Shares in Northern Rock rise  after the government guarantees to protect savers' deposits.
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Business & money: The government yesterday handed Northern Rock a further lifeline as it struggled to keep the stricken bank afloat and push through a private sale
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Britain set a two-week deadline for a private-sector rescue of Northern Rock, as it confirmed plans to convert its almost 25 billions pounds ($49 billion) of loans to the stricken bank into bonds in a bid to smooth a deal.
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The British government was to introduce emergency legislation Monday to temporarily nationalize Northern Rock PLC amid strident criticism of the move from opposition lawmakers and shareholders in the stricken mortgage lender.
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Treasury chief Alistair Darling said Sunday that struggling bank Northern Rock PLC will be nationalized after the government rejected two private takeover bids.
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Britain will back a plan to  covert its lending to Northern Rock  into bonds, a  source familiar with the matter said, potentially tying itself  to the bank for years but avoiding full-scale nationalization.
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The Bank of England has stepped in to provide emergency financial support to Britain&#39;s fifth-largest mortgage lender Northern Rock, the latest institution to fall victim to market turmoil, officials confirmed Friday.
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LONDON/NEWCASTLE  - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended his handling of the nationalization of Northern Rock on Monday, but will now have to grapple with the fallout of possible job cuts and shrinking the bank.
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Northern Rock on Tuesday defeated most of the plans by rebel shareholders to limit management's ability to sell the group without consulting investors.
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Chancellor warns nationalisation could be the 'more appropriate' solution for Northern Rock
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The British government said on Tuesday it was extending guarantee arrangements for Northern Rock  to cover some unsubordinated wholesale obligations of the stricken bank, whether existing now or in the future.
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UK banks have welcomed the Chancellor's plans to protect people's savings, in the light of Northern Rock.
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SHANGHAI/LONDON  - Britain will back a plan to convert its lending to Northern Rock  into bonds, a source familiar with the matter said, potentially tying itself to the bank for years but avoiding full-scale nationalization.
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London's FTSE 100 shot higher on Monday, with banks in focus amid the nationalisation of troubled lender Northern Rock.
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The UK government will announce the nationalization of the troubled British bank Northern Rock  at 1600 GMT (11 a.m. EST)), British media reported on Sunday.
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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 a credit squeeze.