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Oct, 8 U.K. will partially nationalize Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS

Oct, 6 The capitalization of the world stock exchanges fell by 2.5 trillion dollars.

Oct, 6 Brent oil price fell to the lowest point.


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World's largest banks 2007

Top banks 2007. Global bank ranking by Shareholder equity ($m).

Rank Entity Score, $m
1

Bank Of America

135,271
2 Citigroup Inc. 119,783
3 JP Morgan Chase 115,790
4 HSBC 114,928
5 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 81,940
6 Royal Bank Of Scotland Group 78,730
7 ING Group 78,088
8 Crédit Agricole 77,462
9 Wachovia Corporation 69,716
10 BNP Paribas 67,378
11 Banco Santander SA 62,072
12 Industrial & Commercial Bank Of China 58,975
13 Barclays Plc 53,050
14 Unicredito Italiano Spa 50,726
15 Wells Fargo & Company 45,814
16 Deutsche Bank AG 44,142
17 Bank Of China Limited 44,137
18 China Construction Bank Corporation 42,294
19 Mizuho Financial Group 40,724
20 UBS AG 40,703


Source: The Banker

World Banking News
Mitsubishi UFG will buy up to 20% stake in Morgan Stanley - 24.09.2008
The world's largest bank Mitsubishi UFG Financial Group Inc. (MUFG) will acquire up to 20% stake in Morgan Stanley. The amount of the transaction could amount to about ¥900 bn ($8.38 bn).
 
Rothschild family sells stake in French arm to Bank of China - 19.09.2008
The Bank of China has today struck a co-operation agreement with the French arm of LCF Rothschild and taken a 20% stake in the private banking and asset management unit, in what it claims is the first strategic investment by a Chinese bank in a eurozone rival.
 
Investbanks affected by the crisis of the banking system in U.S. - 16.09.2008
Lasted three days of negotiations leading U.S. and global banks with U.S. authorities about the fate of Lehman Brothers ended quite suddenly. British Barclays, the main contender for Lehman, abandoned the deal because U.S. authorities refused to provide financial support.



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