UK deepens involvement in Northern Rock
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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 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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Ailing British bank Northern Rock  is not a "lame duck" and its value is far higher than its current share price, its biggest investor said on Monday as it sought backing to prevent a hasty rescue deal.
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The Bank of England pumped another 4.4 billion pounds into money markets on Tuesday amid turmoil surrounding embattled bank 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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Northern Rock is to lift the rates on its range of fixed-term mortgages to borrowers with patchy credit histories.
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The Bank of England agrees to give emergency financial support to mortgage lenders Northern Rock.
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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.
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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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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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Britain has received a report from U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs on options for the troubled Northern Rock bank and is talking to potential buyers about them, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday.
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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  named director Andy Kuipers as chief executive in a long-awaited update on Thursday, but also said it would take a 281 million pound ($574 million) hit from its exposure to the credit 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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Markets will closely watch banking shares after Northern Rock was forced to take a loan from the Bank of England.
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Northern Rock  named director  Andy Kuipers as chief executive in a long-awaited update on  Thursday, but also said it would take a 281 million pound ($574  million) hit from its exposure to the credit crisis.