Strike paralyses banking operations
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NEW DELHI: Banking operations came to a halt as the nation-wide one-day bank strike, called by nine major unions, began today to demand an early decision on the wage revision.
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Paris' subways slowed to a halt and rail lines were disrupted Thursday during a massive strike in France that was expected to give President Nicolas Sarkozy his first real test after five months in office.Unions are protesting Sarkozy's plan to trim special retirement packages for some workers, part of his pledges to cut back on costly public services. The strikes began late Wednesday and were to last through Thursday.The first mass-scale problems for travelers and commuters were expected at Thursday morning rush hour. Paris transport authority RATP said traffic would be 'virtually nil' on most of its lines. The national rail network said it would be 'nearly paralyzed.' Read more
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Sale process for stricken bank in disarray as private equity firm fails to submit an offer
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Taking 'bank holiday' too literally Abbey's business banking systems have taken an extra long weekend and been completely unavailable since yesterday, leaving customers unable to fulfil critical payments ahead of the spring bank holiday.â¦
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Business and travel in Italy ground to a near-halt Tuesday as millions of workers participated in a one-day government strike, the BBC said.
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Operations of global software  companies, financial institutions and government offices in  India's main technology hub shut on Wednesday after activists  called a strike over a border dispute with a neighboring state.
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Business & money: Bank to see off shareholder revolt but hopes of private-sector rescue dwindle further
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ROME (Italy): Italy faced a standstill as millions of workers took part in a general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Comings and goings in the banking indurstry.
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A blast has shaken two branches of US-based Citibank in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, reports say. Police say one man, a security guard, was killed in one blast which occurred in the bank in the Caballito district.
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Story in full: UP TO 100,000 passengers face being stranded at airports across Britain over the bank-holiday weekend after unions threatened strike action designed to cause maximum disruption.
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LONDON: Museums were closed, driving tests disrupted and ministerial cars went unwashed yesterday when British civil servants staged their biggest strike in more than a decade.
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Israel was paralysed by a general strike as trade unions imposed a shutdown in protest at local authorities' failure to pay thousands of staff amid a budget clampdown by the right-wing government.
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HONG KONG : More problems for DBS after its accidental destruction of 83 safe deposit boxes in Hong Kong. The bank could now face &quot;supervisory action&quot; from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
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Londonâs subway network virtually shut down when 2,300 maintenance workers walked off their jobs in what they said would be a three-day strike over pensions and security.
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France was hit by transport chaos Thurday as unions challenged President Nicolas Sarkozy with a 24-hour strike, but the government vowed to stick by plans to overhaul pensions for hundreds of thousands in the public sector.
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Bangladesh comes to a standstill amid the second general strike in a week.