Article: Northern Rock rolls towards Virgin's enticing embrace.(Business)

Article: Northern Rock suitors 'will not get guarantees from ...
The Independent - London;  September 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... credit crunch has forced banks to hoard cash to meet ... of paralysis, bidding banks wanted the Bank of England to help underwrite Northern Rock's assets. The Bank of England has refused ... job is not to support banks that grew reckless during ...

Article: Northern Rock customers in run on the bank
Yorkshire Post;  September 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... has approached the Bank of England to request ... invest savings in Northern Rock? Register to have ... down by mainstream banks, has caused widespread ... financial markets. Northern Rock is heavily reliant ... Q: How is the bank still going to make ...

Article: The Northern Rock auction: what a fiasco
The Independent on Sunday;  November 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... to buy the bank first? Anyway ... the board of Northern Rock and the Government ... The result, Northern Rock is declared ... investment banks won't care ... nationalise Northern Rock by making its ... offer for the bank. But even ...

Article: Northern Rock bolstered by sale of equity release ...
The Independent - London;  January 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... handed over to the Bank of England to reduce the size of Northern Rock's funding position ... outstanding debt to the Bank of England. Moreover, while Northern Rock's conventional ... solutions to the Northern Rock crisis. It is to update the bank on its work on ...

Article: Chancellor: Northern Rock split imminent
The Northern Echo;  October 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... warned that Northern Rock must learn from ... that caused the bank's downfall ... part of the bank may be sold ... looked like Northern Rock could come to ... years ago, Northern Rock sparked the first run on a UK bank inmore than ...

Article: Northern Rock customers show little faith in new ...
Yorkshire Post;  September 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... funding with the Bank of England. This ... 540m. Q: Why did Northern Rock need the money ... down by mainstream banks, have caused volatility ... credit market dry up. Northern Rock faced a short-term ... and turned to the Bank of England as "lender ...

Article: Northern Rock Fiasco Pressures ...
Asset Securitization Report;  January 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... for resolving the Northern Rock crisis, but made ... other than if the bank were to go national ... London, to run Northern Rock in the event of ... According to Deutsche Bank analysts, Sandler ... Last Wednesday, Northern Rock's ratings luck ... Ratings downgraded the ...