23rd Jul 2010 21:52
European authorities Friday released results showing EU banks largely passed a round of government stress tests, with just a few institutions found to need modest amounts of new capital. Out of 91 banks, just seven failed the tests: Germany's Hypo Real Estate Holding, ATEbank (ATE.AT) in Greece
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(Updates throughout with additional details and comments.) By Shara Tibken and Marshall Eckblad Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--U.S.-listed shares of European banks rallied on Friday, led by Irish and Spanish lenders, after regionwide stress tests showed most banks could wit
Read more23rd Jul 2010 20:00
European authorities Friday released results showing EU banks largely passed a round of government stress tests, with just a few institutions found to need modest amounts of new capital. Out of 91 banks, just seven failed the tests: Germany's Hypo Real Estate Holding, ATEbank (ATE.AT) in Greece
Read more23rd Jul 2010 19:52
The CA provides two key alternative means of financing for the remaining costs of Phase 1 should the anticipated FFGA amount not materialize. If the FFGA is not provided, the RTD can either increase the Phase 1 construction payment amounts to cover the unfunded construction costs of Phase 1 within 1
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The following is a press release from Fitch Ratings: Fitch Ratings-New York/Chicago-23 July 2010: Fitch Ratings expects to assign a 'BBB-' rating with a Stable Outlook to approximately $404 million in proposed tax-exempt private activity bonds (PABs) to be issued by the Regional Transportation
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(Adds details and analyst comments.) By Shara Tibken Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Shares of European banks trading in the U.S. moved slightly higher Friday afternoon as investors digested results of European stress tests, which, as expected, showed the large majority of b
Read more23rd Jul 2010 19:19
European authorities Friday released results showing EU banks largely passed a round of government stress tests, with just a few institutions found to need modest amounts of new capital. Out of 91 banks, just seven failed the tests: Germany's Hypo Real Estate Holding, ATEbank (ATE.AT) in Greece
Read more23rd Jul 2010 18:56
(Adds detail.) By Patricia Kowsmann Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--The U.K.'s four banks that underwent a Europe-wide stress test on their balance sheets have passed, the country's financial regulator said late Friday. Barclays PLC (BCS), HSBC Holdings PLC (HBC), Royal
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(Adds details.) By Patricia Kowsmann Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--The U.K.'s four banks that underwent a Europe-wide stress test on their balance sheets have passed, the country's financial regulator said late Friday. Barclays PLC (BCS), HSBC Holdings PLC (HBC), Royal
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By Shara Tibken Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Shares of European banks trading in the U.S. were little changed following results of the European stress test, which showed the large majority of the companies passed the examinations. The stress test results, intended to rest
Read more23rd Jul 2010 17:53
LONDON (Dow Jones)--European authorities Friday released the results of stress tests on the 91 major banks in the region. The test, carried out by the European Union's Committee of European Banking Supervisors, examined the balance sheets of the banks, their compliance with capital rules and how
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By Patricia Kowsmann Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K.'s four banks that underwent a Europe-wide stress test on their balance sheets have passed, the country's financial regulator said late Friday. Barclays PLC (BCS), HSBC Holdings PLC (HBC), Royal Bank of Scotland Group P
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EU lenders have been given a largely clean bill of health when European banking regulators released the results of their so-called stress test on Friday. According to the eagerly anticipated results, 84 out of the tested 91 European banks would be able to cope with future economic blow-ups. German
Read more23rd Jul 2010 16:58
The day that was not without excitement, but shares were little changed overall amid uncertainty ahead of European banking stress tests due after the close. The best performing blue-chip was chip designer ARM Holdings . It was already higher, helped by strong results from US tech giant Microsoft ov
Read more23rd Jul 2010 14:36
Leading blue-chips continue to drift lower with investors happy to bank the week's profits ahead of the week-end and the announcement of the results of the European banking stress tests at 5:00pm today. Not surprisingly, banks feature prominently among the losers with Standard Chartered, HSBC and L
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