Banks act on meltdown fear
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UK, US, Swiss, Europeans and Canadians take unprecedented action to ease credit crisis
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Shares in the bank plummet on fears that it is exposed to risky conduits.
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Its powerful investment banking train's been halted by credit market meltdown.
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New reforms aim to avert another Rock-style crisis as consumers and firms face worsening of credit supply
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The Bank of England puts a further Â£4bn into the banking system in an effort to ease current market jitters.
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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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Global investors will be watching nervously for signs of contagion from the US housing meltdown and a credit squeeze in coming days, even after a broad stock markets rebound over the past week from recent turbulence.
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Credit markets took another hit as the  Bank of England bailed out Britain&#39;s biggest casualty so far in  the global credit crunch while policymakers differed over the  best way to restore liquidity to money markets.
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Bank announces $18 billion in write-downs as well, also gets infusion of funds from various investors and sovereign wealth funds, but investors fear the worst may be yet to come.
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Hundreds of worried customers of embattled bank Northern Rock began queuing outside their local branches at dawn Saturday as they scrambled to withdraw savings.
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Business & money: Bank of England governor blames risky behaviour by banks for current financial turmoil.
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Bailed-out British bank Northern Rock was hoping Sunday its attempts to reassure panicking customers would pay off as the lender tried to avoid falling victim to the global credit squeeze.
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A Bank of Japan policy board member tried to soothe investors' nerves on Thursday, saying some market moves had been overdone, amid a new bout of tightness in short-term credit markets due to banks' growing risk aversion.
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Aggressive moves to cut interest rates by America's central bank are intended to stave off a financial meltdown.
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Interest rate fears add to jitters in financial markets.
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Manufacturers and consumer advocates offer a handful of precautions to lessen the chance of a meltdown.
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British finance minister Alistair Darling called Friday for &quot;international action&quot; to confront risks to stability in the banking sector after the bailout of major British mortgage lender Northern Rock.