Britain unveils private buyout plan for Northern Rock
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The British government on Monday unveiled plans to keep Northern Rock, the bank severely damaged by the squeeze on global credit, in the private sector.
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Peers are expected to clash over Northern Rock amid claims its best assets have been 'hived off' to a private firm.
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U.S. financial services firm GMAC is  preparing to spearhead a bid for British mortgage lender  Northern Rock , according to Britain's Sunday Times  newspaper.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says stricken mortgage lender Northern Rock PLC will remain nationalized until adverse market conditions change.
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The government is to offer more financial support to private sector Northern Rock buyers.
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Billionaire Richard Branson, banker Luqman Arnold and an in-house management team are set to pitch formal offers for Britain's Northern Rock Plc  on Monday, the government's deadline for bids.
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Three leading hedge funds are planning a break-up of beleaguered British bank Northern Rock , according to a newspaper report on Sunday.
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Embattled British bank Northern Rock   is preparing for a sell-off that could see its 100  billion pound ($202 billion) mortgage portfolio divided between  the country&#39;s other major banks, the Sunday Telegraph said.
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Britain's finance minister Alistair Darling is set to announce the nationalisation of troubled bank Northern Rock later Sunday, the BBC and Sky News television reported Sunday.
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Northern Rock shareholders are set to grill bosses over its sale process, as ministers consider nationalisation.
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The Bank of England has agreed to provide emergency funding to mortgage lender Northern Rock after it fell victim to the liquidity squeeze in the banking sector, media reports said on Thursday.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling is set to announce the nationalisation of troubled bank Northern Rock later Sunday, the BBC and Sky News television reported.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government faced accusations of mismanagement Monday as it began nationalizing stricken mortgage lender Northern Rock PLC Â the first time in 20 years that a private company has been taken into public ownership.
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Britain deepened its involvement in stricken mortgage bank Northern Rock  on Tuesday, offering to guarantee more of its liabilities as the struggle to find a private sector acquirer for the business continues.
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Britain said on Sunday it will  nationalize ailing mortgage lender Northern Rock  for a  temporary period as it was not in the taxpayer's best interests  to sell it to the private sector now.
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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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The board of Northern Rock is considering mounting a rescue plan to save the ailing British bank from nationalisation or takeover, the Sunday Times reported.