Britain to announce nationalisation of Northern Rock: reports
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling is set to announce the nationalisation of troubled bank Northern Rock later Sunday, the BBC and Sky News television reported.
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Virgin Group will try to win  over shareholders with a sweetened bid for Northern Rock on the  eve of a speech by the British Chancellor to Parliament about  the struggling UK bank, an unsourced Sunday Times report said.
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Embattled British bank Northern Rock  is preparing for a sell-off that could see its 100 billion pound ($200.6 billion) mortgage portfolio divided between the country's other major banks, the Sunday Telegraph said.
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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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The board of Northern Rock has submitted a revised offer to buy out the troubled British bank, upping the amount of money it is prepared to pump in, it said Friday.
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The Office for National Statistics announced Thursday that the country's public finances data would incorporate the liabilities of the crisis-hit bank Northern Rock.
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The board of Northern Rock is considering mounting a rescue plan to save the ailing British bank from nationalisation or takeover, the Sunday Times reported.
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A number of banks have eyed up a takeover move for Northern Rock -  but no deal looks likely soon, the BBC learns.
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Britain decided to nationalize Northern Rock  on Sunday, abandoning a five-month attempt to snare a private sector buyer for the ailing bank and piling more pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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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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The bill to nationalise Northern Rock will go before the Commons later, with the Tories set to vote against it.
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The board of embattled Northern Rock PLC faced shareholders Tuesday amid growing speculation that Britain's biggest casualty of the global credit crisis will be nationalized.
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Discussions are taking place to secure a private sale of Northern Rock, Gordon Brown confirms.
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Northern Rock, the British bank nearly sank by the global credit crunch, faced a shareholder vote Tuesday over plans to limit management's ability to sell the group without consulting investors.
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Legislation will be used if the Northern Rock is nationalised, the BBC has learned.
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Shares in troubled British bank Northern Rock were suspended on Monday as the group, devastated by the global credit crunch, said it would be taken into public ownership in the coming days.
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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.