Bank shares fall on fears.UK bank shares were shaken yesterday amid fears over harsher than expected sanctions Sanctions is the plural of sanction. Depending on context, a sanction can be either a punishment or a permission. The word is a contronym. Sanctions involving countries: Part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (Scottish Gaelic: Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba and Lloyds Banking This article is about the British high street bank. For the insurance underwriters, see Lloyds of London. For Christopher Lloyd, the American rapper, see Lloyd Banks. Not to be confused with Lloyd's Register. Group both lost ground as markets digested the dramatic break-up of ING Bank announced on Monday. ING, which received a pounds 9.1bn hand-out from the Dutch Government a year ago, is splitting up its banking and insurance arms, and selling its US business to slash its balance sheet. RBS RBS Royal Bank of Scotland RBS Role Based Security RBS Rollback Segment RBS Rare Book School (University of Virginia) RBS Rural Business Cooperative Service RBS Ribosome Binding Site (genetics) which is 70% owned by the taxpayer, and Lloyds - 43% state-owned - are nervously awaiting the European Commission's verdict on their own restructuring plans. |
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