Sub-prime crisis to cost IKB $1bn
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Germany's IKB Industriebank says  losses from its exposure to US sub-prime mortgages will reach almost $1bn.
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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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Belgian bank Fortis warns that its losses connected to the sub-prime sector could be as much as 1bn euros.
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Iraq could plunge into still deeper  chaos unless billions of dollars the international community  has pledged for rebuilding are spent quickly, the Baghdad  government will warn this week.
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Iraq could plunge into still deeper chaos unless billions of dollars the international community has pledged for rebuilding are spent quickly, the Baghdad government will warn this week.
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Moody's Investors Service may downgrade  A$83 billion ($75.5 billion) worth of Australian  mortgage-backed debt, in the latest spillover from the U.S.  subprime crisis.
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Troubled German business lender IKB has estimated its latest losses at around 1.0 billion euros (1.45 billion dollars), which should be covered by an aid package from the government, the bank said late Wednesday.
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Â· Budget plan undermines UN deal with Sudan Â· Arrears likely to reach $1bn by end of 2007
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IKB , the German bank which nearly went bust after its subprime investments crashed, is searching for up to 2 billion euros to stay afloat, sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters.
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The cost of a television licence fee is likely to go up in line with inflation, government sources have revealed.
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Plan to bail out struggling sub-prime mortgage defaulters soothes troubled financial markets.
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TELEKOM Malaysia Bhd will need to fork out an additional US$344.5mil (RM1.31bil) next year on top of the US$314mil and US$156mil it is paying for stakes in Indonesiaâs Excelcomindo (Excel) and Indiaâs Idea Cellular respectively.
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HSBC's agreement to buy a majority stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB)  is putting the South Korean banking sector under even more pressure to consolidate, amid growing prospects of privatization and sales.
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Business & money: Bank could step in to tackle fresh inflation fears.
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The US sub-prime loan crisis may push up UK mortgage rates, a former Bank of England adviser warns.
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The crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage market leads to losses at US consumer finance firm GMAC.
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Investment bank Morgan Stanley says it has suffered a $3.7bn loss from its US sub-prime mortgage exposure.