Britain backs bond plan to aid N.Rock rescue: source
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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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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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Royal Bank of Scotland , Barclays  and Citigroup  have offered to securitise half of the Bank of England's emergency loan to Northern Rock , The Sunday Telegraph reported, without citing sources.
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SHANGHAI/LONDON  - 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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Shares in Northern Rock rise  after the government guarantees to protect savers' deposits.
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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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The Bank of England has offered an emergency loan to Northern Rock after the mortgage lender became the biggest British casualty so far of the credit squeeze sparked by the crisis in U.S. subprime mortgage markets.
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Richard Branson says he remains confident that a deal to rescue Northern Rock can be done.
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The government is to offer more financial support to private sector Northern Rock buyers.
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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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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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Britain's Labour government Tuesday agreed to extend its guarantee to all customer deposits held at Northern Rock as the British bank severely hit by the global credit squeeze awaits being taken over.
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Eurotunnel, operator of the Channel tunnel, was rescued from looming bankruptcy when key creditors approved a plan to slash debt exceeding 9.0 billion euros (11.9 billion dollars).
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The British government deepened its involvement in Northern Rock on Tuesday, offering to guarantee more of the stricken mortgage bank's liabilities as it battles to find a private-sector buyer.
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British finance minister Alistair Darling announced on Sunday the temporary nationalisation of troubled bank Northern Rock, which was hit by the global credit crunch in August.
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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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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.