Oct, 22 The price of the oil basket (OPEC) fell to $60 a barrel.
Oct, 17 World oil prices fell below $70 a barrel.
Oct, 6 The capitalization of the world stock exchanges fell by 2.5 trillion dollars.
Dexia Group
Dexia Group is a Belgian-French financial institution, specialized in public finance. It was founded in 1996 through the merger of Credit Communal de Belgique/Gemeentekrediet van Belgie (founded 1860) and Credit Local de France (founded 1987). The Dexia Group was founded as a dual-listed company, but in 1999 the Belgian entity took over the French entity to form one company. Dexia is a member of both the BEL20 and CAC 40 indices.
Repartition of the Global Banking System is inevitable - 05.12.2008 The financial crisis continues to storm in the global markets. This time the main victim of crisis is a banking system developed and developing countries. And experts notice, that the global banking system will undergo huge changes by 2012.
US government puts up $300bn in Citigroup rescue - 25.11.2008 The US government pulled Citigroup back from the abyss yesterday with a comprehensive bail-out that saw taxpayers guaranteeing $306bn of risky assets and injecting $20bn of capital into the banking group.
HSBC cuts 450 jobs in Hong Kong - 18.11.2008 HSBC was laying off 500 people in Asia, 90 percent of them in Hong Kong, in a further indication that the Asian financial community, so far relatively unscathed by mass layoffs seen on Wall Street, is being affected by the global financial crisis.
Dexia Group is a Belgian-French financial institution, specialized in public finance. It was founded in 1996 through the merger of Credit Communal de Belgique/Gemeentekrediet van Belgie (founded 1860) and Credit Local de France (founded 1987). The Dexia Group was founded as a dual-listed company, but in 1999 the Belgian entity took over the French entity to form one company. Dexia is a member of both the BEL20 and CAC 40 indices.
