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...The new terms would see BNP Paribas taking a 75 per cent stake in the Belgian bank and a 25 per cent stake in the Fortis Belgian insurance business....
...A fee would go some way to compensating the public for that insurance....
...A downturn offers strong companies the chance to acquire or oust weak national rivals. Hence the acquisition by French bank BNP Paribas of the Belgian and Luxembourg assets of rival Fortis....
...RBS et al are willing to pay €39 per share, but they want the sale of LaSalle to Bank of America called off. - In further ‘toys out of prams’ news, JPMorgan Chase is threatening to move thousands of employees...
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