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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.


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Rothschild & Sons


Rothschild & SonsN M Rothschild & Sons (more commonly known simply as Rothschild) is the investment bank company of the Rothschild family. It was founded in the City of London in 1811, and is now a global firm with over 40 offices around the world. Rothschild operates through three divisions: investment banking, corporate banking, private banking and trust. Rothschild is also active in real estate, venture capital, and asset management.

Rothschild is consistently in the top 10 global investment banks for M&A advisory. The firm is particularly strong in Europe, especially in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and the Benelux countries, in each of which Rothschild consistently holds a top league table position. Rothschild's strength also extends to Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Headquarters:London, UK
Leadership:Baron David de Rothschild, Chairman
Founded:1811
Website:www.rothschild.com
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Citigroup will sell Citibank Privatkunden AG for $7.7bn - 06.12.2008
Banking giant Citigroup Inc. says it will sell its German retail banking operation and some of its affiliates to France's Credit Mutuel, in $7.7 billion cash deal.
 
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.

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