US bank regulators closed two more banks at the weekend, taking the number of failures so far this year to 16, writes Glenn Dyer.
Hbos
Business briefs: Inflation back in the box … the Bushed economy
UK bank bailout redux … the Bush economy … perfect Storm still blowing.
HBOS and Lloyds merge as Wall Street tumult reaches UK
After a week on Wall Street that made history for all the wrong reasons, we are back in the UK where the latest casualty is a major bank, writes Glenn Dyer.
HBOS goes for the big four
It’s not the quite the big bang Australian’s banking cartel have been dreading, but HBOS this morning at least lit the fuse by declaring its east cost strategy.
