http://www.einnews.com/belgium/newsfeed-belgium-bankingConstantly updated news and information about world affairs. http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191664970 6 Oct 2008 12:30 GMT ... property lender Hypo Real Estate (HRXG.DE: ), Belgium and Luxembourg found a buyer for troubled ... billion in official reserves to help its banks secure enough foreign-currency liquidity. Italian Prime Minister ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191664541 6 Oct 2008 11:57 GMT ... deal for lender Hypo Real Estate , Belgium and Luxembourg , and UniCredit , Italy's ... down, hitting a 21-month low, led by banks as investors ignored last week's approval of ... announcing a on its investment in troubled Belgian-Dutch financial group Fortis. Singapore's Straits Times Index ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191664118 6 Oct 2008 11:35 GMT ... sweeping moves to shore up the global banking sector. As Asian markets opened on Monday, ... rescue deal for lender Hypo Real Estate, Belgium and Luxembourg found a buyer for troubled ... Meanwhile, BNP Paribas took control of the Belgian and Luxembourg businesses of troubled financial group ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191664034 6 Oct 2008 11:35 GMT ... of ailing finance group Fortis's operations in Belgium and Luxembourg, in a deal which will ... plans for restoring confidence in the crisis-struck banking system, agreed to over the weekend by ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191663984 6 Oct 2008 11:34 GMT ... second-biggest commercial property lender, part of a scramble by European governments to save failing banks. On Sunday, Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said that Frances BNP Paribas SA had committed to taking ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191663711 6 Oct 2008 11:33 GMT ... like the United States," said Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Banking shares have plunged in Europe amid fears ... major banks, including Britain's Bradford & Bingley, Belgian-Dutch Fortis, Belgium's Dexia and Germany's Hypo Real Estate. The ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191662697 6 Oct 2008 11:13 GMT ... other far-reaching plans to reform Europe's struggling banking sector. Instead, they chose a much more ... plan, but backed off after Germany said banks must find their own way out. Leaders ... plan for the country's overstretched commercial banks. Belgian government and banking officials struggled to salvage ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191660883 6 Oct 2008 10:56 GMT ... time to break the downward momentum. French, Belgian and Luxembourg authorities had to rescue Dexia, ... governments get to return the favor. Fortis, Belgium's largest bank and the first of Europe's big cross-border banks to flounder, received a lift to the ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191660521 6 Oct 2008 10:55 GMT ... Governments across Europe scrambled to save failing banks on Sunday, working largely on their own ... the credit crunch -- government officials and banking chiefs were discussing a possible rescue plan ... plan for the country's overstretched commercial banks. Belgian government and banking officials struggled to salvage ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191660493 6 Oct 2008 10:55 GMT ... aim to reassure jittery markets and investors. Banking shares have plunged amid fears that banks ... last week, including Britain's Bradford & Bingley, Belgian-Dutch Fortis, Belgium's Dexia and Germany's Hypo Real Estate. The ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191660466 6 Oct 2008 10:55 GMT ... scramble by European governments to save failing banks. "What happened over the weekend was further ... no good for oil demand." Also yesterday, Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said that France's ... the credit crunch - government officials and banking chiefs were discussing a possible rescue plan ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191660300 6 Oct 2008 10:55 GMT ... do little to ease borrowing strains because banks will still be reluctant to part with ... the global outlook. Since mid-September, Britain, Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Denmark, the Netherlands and Ireland ... a letter to finance ministers and central bankers. Prasad, of the Brookings Institution, said that ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191660081 6 Oct 2008 10:54 GMT ... of London on September 17, 2008 in London, England. (Cate Gillon, Getty Images) BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The Belgian prime minister says French banking giant BNP Paribas will take a majority 75 percent share of troubled bank Fortis ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191660040 6 Oct 2008 10:54 GMT ... soon. Just last Sunday, the governments of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands joined forces to ... Netherlands joined forces to save the ailing banking group Fortis. Yet, a mere five days ... pretty clear. In Europe, most of the banks that got hooked on junk mortgages were ... http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191659729 6 Oct 2008 10:53 GMT ... stock markets have taken a battering and banks have collapsed, thanks to the complex connections ... The governments of Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Iceland have all had ...