Australia Bank May Sell Irish Interests
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National Australia Bank said Thursday it is &quot;testing the market&quot; ahead of a possible sale of its Irish subsidiaries, the National Irish Bank and Northern Bank.
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Barclays is close to raising some Â£10bn from China and Singapore to back its takeover of a Dutch bank.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - British bank Barclays's hopes of taking over Dutch rival ABN AMRO won a boost on Tuesday when a court adviser said ABN could sell its U.S. arm without a shareholder vote.
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NYSE Euronext  and  Australia&#39;s ASX Ltd  may be interested in buying part  of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc&#39;s  31 percent stake in  London Stock Exchange Plc , a person familiar with the  matter said.
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National Australia Bank Ltd., the nation&#39;s largest lender, will bear any losses arising from the theft of about 20 million pounds ($38.5 million) from its Northern Bank unit in Northern Ireland.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday&#39;s invitation for proposals from investment banks on how to sell the government&#39;s A$32 billion ($24 billion) stake in Telstra Corp.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Consideration is being given to the effects of the high Australian dollar against the US dollar, with &quot;buyers being held back while the currency remains at 76 cents,&quot; says Peter Morgan, of Tolhurst Noall in Sydney.
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Denmark's largest bank is to buy a Belfast-based and Dublin-based bank from National Australian Bank for Â£967m.
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China's move to become the biggest shareholder in Rio Tinto could face scrutiny by Australian regulators.
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NATIONAL Australia Bank yesterday announced it had hired the investment bank Lazards to gauge buying interest for its Irish banks, signalling it was prepared to leave part of its European market.
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DUBLIN (Dow Jones)--Ireland&#39;s banking union said Monday it&#39;ll write to the Irish Competition Authority and European Commission expressing concern over the prospective sell-off of National Australia Bank Ltd.
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Danske Bank A/S, the Nordic region&#39;s second-largest lender, agreed to buy two Irish units from National Australia Bank Ltd. for 967 million pounds ($1.86 billion) to expand outside Scandinavia.
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Detectives suspect the Irish Republican Army (IRA) may have been behind last week&#39;s massive bank robbery in Northern Ireland, according to a newspaper report.
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A massive bank robbery in Northern Ireland last week might have been carried out by paramilitary group the IRA as a way of providing a "pension fund" for activists ahead of its dissolution, a report said.
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ONE of the biggest heists in history has left the National Australia Bank with a $50 million headache. In a Hollywood-style raid, the 20-strong Irish gang robbed the NAB-owned Northern Bank in Belfast as thousands shopped and sang Christmas carols nearby.
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MELBOURNE/SYDNEY  - Investment bank Macquarie Bank  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group have proposed buying out Australian airline Qantas Airways  in a deal that could be worth more than A$10 billion ($7.7 billion), pushing Qantas shares up as much as 21 percent.
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Cash-rich Ulster and Irish investors are sinking their money into commercial property both here and in other parts of the UK, according to a review of the market by property consultants BTWshiells.