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...composed of fabric loops), Hostess with the Mostest (a mass of black and white organza that greets customers upon entry), Bra and Knickers (self-explanatory), Witch’s Hat and Beefeater (a nod to the King’s Guards...
...The biggest such deal, the three-way acquisition of ABN Amro in 2007, helped destroy two of the three: Royal Bank of Scotland and Fortis were only saved by nationalisation....
...A day later, investors in Fortis Healthcare, India’s second-biggest hospital chain, teamed up to oust one of the company’s board members....
...The changing of the guard and the existing committee’s relatively restrained approach to the capital shortfall suggest that the FPC will use its powers cautiously....
...Fortis, the Belgian bank, contributed €5.3bn to revenues and €708m to net profit....
...Both are areas which have been under consideration by the current commission, as it brings forward a series of new regulations to guard against a repeat of last year’s financial crisis....
...“Unfortunately, the global financial crisis has caught many investors off guard and the share price of Fortis was not immune,” Peter Ma, Ping An founder and chairman, said in a statement last night....
...Clearing, which is a big part of the securities post-trade process, has shot to prominence amid the financial crisis as regulators press for it to be more widely used to guard against counter-party risk,...
...,” said Nick Kounis, senior economist at Fortis Global Markets....
...Alliance Boots’ new owners must have been caught off guard late last year when a statutory announcement over a £1.55bn dividend payment from one component of the new group structure raised eyebrows....
...BCP shares have gained nearly 50 per cent in the wake of a classic boardroom struggle between an “old guard” led by the bank’s veteran founder, Jorge Gonçalves, and a “new guard” consisting of activist shareholders...
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