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Citigroup shares drop to 13-year low - Financial Express
Citigroup Inc faced a crisis of confidence on Wednesday as investors questioned the survival prospects of the US banking giant, and its shares tumbled 23 per cent to a 13-year low. The second-largest US bank by assets has been reeling on concerns ...
Posted: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:09:00 GMT

Dutch insurer Aegon's US subsidiary Transamerica may seek federal ... - Newsday
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) _ Aegon NV , the Dutch owner of U.S. insurer Transamerica, said Tuesday it has signed up with the U.S. federal government's financial rescue program but added it did not yet plan to ask for funds. If it does ask for ...
Posted: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:57:00 GMT

US bank worker pleads guilty to killing dog - International Herald Tribune
NEW YORK : A banker who was accused of stomping and beating his landlord's Boston terrier to death pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. Tafik Habib, 40, pleaded guilty to "overdriving, torturing and injuring" an animal, a ...
Posted: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:54:00 GMT

Big hedge funds say US bank bailout a "sweet deal" - Reuters
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Hedge fund managers, who rank among some of the world's shrewdest dealmakers, told Congress the U.S. government's bank capital injection program did not have enough strings attached. "The current terms are overly ...
Posted: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:34:00 GMT

Caldwell fast food worker robbed outside US Bank - Idaho Statesman
A fast-food restaurant employee making a cash drop at the US Bank deposit box on Cleveland Boulevard and 6th Avenue in Caldwell was robbed at gunpoint Saturday morning, Caldwell Police said. A masked suspect brandished a firearm and demanded cash ...
Posted: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:59:00 GMT

US bank lending rates up for 3rd day running - Salon
Nov 17th, 2008 | LONDON -- Dollar lending rates between banks rose for the third day running Monday after last week's turnabout by U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson on the $700 billion U.S. financial rescue program fostered renewed uncertainty in ...
Posted: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:18:00 GMT

US Bank Cuts Spark UK Job Fears - Ananova
There are fears for British jobs after American banking giant Citigroup announced it would cut up to 50,000 posts worldwide. Citigroup is the parent company of UK online bank firm Egg. The company said the new job reductions would shrink its global ...
Posted: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:15:00 GMT

Tree on Boise's US Bank building to be lit early this year - Idaho Statesman
The US Bank Building's signature holiday decoration, the 85-foot lighted tree on the top of the building in Downtown Boise, will shine a week early this year. If all goes according to plan, it will light up the night sky on Tuesday. In the past it ...
Posted: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:08:00 GMT

US bank lending rates up for 3rd day - AZCentral.com
LONDON - Dollar lending rates between banks rose for the third day running Monday after last week's turnabout by U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson on the $700 billion U.S. financial rescue program fostered renewed uncertainty in credit markets ...
Posted: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:31:00 GMT

US Bank Ice Rink To Open On Thanksgiving - WCPO
For the first time ever, the U.S. Bank Ice Rink on Fountain Square will be open Thanksgiving Day, November 27. Installation of the rink is currently underway. It covers more than 7,000 square-feet of Fountain Square and is the same size as the ice ...
Posted: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:33:00 GMT