Article: Global slump fears as RBS expected to reveal GBP 1 billion loss: Analysis: When does a write-down become a write-off?

Article: 2 British banks move to fix credit damage
International Herald Tribune;  November 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Herald Tribune 11-27-2007 2 British banks move to fix credit damage...BUSINESS LONDON -- The two British banks hardest hit by the global credit crisis took big steps Monday...sent jitters through the global credit markets. HSBC said that...the damage caused by the ...

Article: Spurious shoots; British banks.(Lost confidence in the banking sector)
The Economist (US);  March 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ...British banks are making big profits, so why are...instruments linked to bad mortgages, most British banks revealed earnings that were higher...results were the worst since 2002. Big British banks have also fared better than many of...

Article: British banks face a new mauling from mortgage defaults by US middle classes ; BANKING
Evening Standard - London;  February 6, 2009 ;     397 words ......more well- heeled areas has soared. British banks Lloyds, Barclays and Royal Bank of...billion may need to be written off. British banks have already written down some of the...Lloyds is the most exposed of the British banks with more than Pounds 7 billion of...

Article: British banks face a new mauling from mortgage defaults by US middle classes [Edition 3]
Evening Standard - London;  February 6, 2009 ;     397 words ......more well- heeled areas has soared. British banks Lloyds, Barclays and Royal Bank of...billion may need to be written off. British banks have already written down some of the...Lloyds is the most exposed of the British banks with more than Pounds 7 billion of...

Article: British banks back to best of savings ; We have not seen it for some time, but British banks are beating their foreign rivals to the top of the popular easy access savings tables.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  July 3, 2008 ;     388 words ......have not seen it for some time, but British banks are beating their foreign rivals to...other has become so expensive that British banks are desperate to attract money from...Icesave has failed to overstep the two British banks at the top of the variable rate tables...

Article: NAB may sell British banks.
Global Banking News (GBN);  January 5, 2009 ;     182 words ......Banking News-5 January 2009-NAB may sell British banks(C)2009 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing...banking units. The bank may sell its British banks because of investor unhappiness about...The financial crisis has affected British banks substantially, and the economy has...

Article: Global credit crunch reaches a new dimensionConfidence fails in British bank despite government bailout
International Herald Tribune;  September 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......capital markets - because of the global credit crunch, turned to the Bank of England...prompted a sell-off in the shares of British banks as investors worried about the possibility...Britain than they rose. And several British banks have already raised their lending rates...

Article: Brits back leading the way ; British banks are beating their foreign rivals to the top of the popular easy access savings tables.
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  June 30, 2008 ;     102 words ...British banks are beating their foreign rivals to...each other has become so expensive British banks are desperate to attract money from...Icesave has failed to overstep the two British banks at the top of the variable rate tables...

Article: IRANIAN DEPOSITS IN BRITISH BANKS DECLINED
Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  December 15, 2002 ;     65 words ......Bank of England reported that the Iranian deposits in the British banks declined in the first quarter of the present year compared...released by the bank show that the Iranian deposits in the British banks amounted to $3.8 billion in the first three months of 2002...

Article: EUROPE: British banks winning race for French schemes.(Barclays PLC)(Brief article)
Public Private Finance;  February 12, 2007 ;     210 words ......national institute of sport. The e250m (#166m) deal highlights British banks' growing success in winning French public private partnership...and Casino, and Franco-Belgian finance group Dexia. So far, British banks have only been involved in a handful of French PPPs. But...

Article: Global Credit Pref Corp. Announcement.
Canadian Corporate News;  March 9, 2006 ;     315 words ......9, 2006 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Global Credit Pref. Corp. (TSX:GPA.PR.A) - Standard...Services yesterday placed its ratings on Global Credit Pref Corp.'s P-2 rated preferred shares...The rating on the preferred shares of Global Credit Pref Corp. mirrors the BBB/Watch Neg...

Article: British banks refusing to lend despite PM call
Xinhua News Agency;  January 3, 2009 ;     339 words ...British banks refusing to lend despite PM call LONDON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- British banks are still refusing to lend and warning that credit will become even scarcer in the first three months of this year, despite Prime Minister Gordon Brown's call...

Article: Copernican British Banks Fund-Distribution, August 2007.
Canadian Corporate News;  August 21, 2007 ;     69 words ......ONTARIO, Aug 21, 2007 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Copernican British Banks Fund (TSX:CBB.UN) today announced that a monthly cash distribution...unitholders of record as of August 31, 2007. SOURCE: Copernican British Banks Fund Copernican Capital Corp. Client Service Department...

Article: Copernican British Banks Fund-Distribution, August 2007
CCNMatthews Newswire;  August 21, 2007 ;     43 words ...BURLINGTON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 21, 2007) - Copernican British Banks Fund (TSX:CBB.UN) today announced that a monthly cash distribution in the amount of $0.098974 per unit of the Trust will be paid on September 14, 2007 to unitholders of record as of August 31, 2007.