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European shares closed narrowly lower on Tuesday, with global markets cautious amid ongoing worries the Federal Reserve may taper its bond purchase program.
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European shares closed narrowly lower on Tuesday, with global markets cautious amid ongoing worries the Federal Reserve may taper its bond purchase program.
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LONDON, May 16- A wave of investor demand that has allowed Deutsche Bank and two other lenders to raise six billion euros in new share capital in the past month is unlikely to prompt other European banks to go to their shareholders for more cash.
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ISTANBUL, May 6- Turkish markets were mixed on Monday ahead of central bank exchange rate data which analysts say could open the way for a further easing in monetary policy. Trading volumes were also subdued by a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Europe's biggest financial market.
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ATHENS, May 1- Greece's third-biggest lender, Alpha Bank, said on Wednesday it found enough investors to back its recapitalisation plan, thus avoiding falling under state control as part of the country's international bailout.
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*Bankers see more deals coming out of Egypt, Turkey. That strategy underwent an abrupt shift late in 2012 when the bank agreed to buy the Egyptian operations of French lender BNP Paribas for $500 million, securing a foothold in Egypt and diversifying a business hit hard by debt problems at the Dubai state-linked firms it banked heavily.
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*Bankers see more deals coming out of Egypt, Turkey. That strategy underwent an abrupt shift late in 2012 when the bank agreed to buy the Egyptian operations of French lender BNP Paribas for $500 million, securing a foothold in Egypt and diversifying a business hit hard by debt problems at the Dubai state-linked firms it banked heavily.
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ATHENS, April 30- Greece's fourth-biggest lender Eurobank won approval on Tuesday from its main shareholder National Bank for a capital injection that makes it the first major Greek bank to fall under state control as a result of the debt crisis.
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ATHENS, April 30- Greece's securities regulator will extend a short-selling ban on bank shares for another three months to the end of July, a source at the country's stock market regulator said on Tuesday.
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ATHENS, April 30- Greece's securities regulator will extend a short-selling ban on bank shares for another three months to the end of July, a source at the country's stock market regulator said on Tuesday.
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ATHENS, April 30- Greece's fourth-biggest lender Eurobank will issue new shares under its recapitalisation plan at a price of 1.541 euros after being adjusted for a 10- for-1 reverse split, chief financial officer Paula Hadjisotiriou said on Tuesday.
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ATHENS, April 30- Greece's securities regulator has extended a short-selling ban on bank shares to the end of July to protect investors while the recapitalisation of the country's cash-strapped lenders is completed.
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ATHENS, April 29- Greece's largest lender National Bank won approval from shareholders to boost its capital with a 9.75 billion euro share offering, aiming to secure enough support from private investors to escape state control.
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ATHENS, April 29- Shareholders of Greece's largest lender National Bank on Monday approved a 9.75 billion euro share offering, the bank's deputy chief executive Petros Christodoulou said.
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ATHENS, April 29- Greece's National Bank. expects to secure the 10 percent level of support from private investors in its recapitalisation plan required for the bank to escape state control, its chief executive said on Monday. "With the assurances we have from investors, we believe that the target is attainable," Alexandros Tourkolias told shareholders.
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ATHENS, April 25- Greece's largest lender National Bank will aim to sell 12 percent of its 9.75 billion euros share offering to private investors, more than the level required for it to stay privately run, an official said on Thursday.
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ATHENS, April 25- Greece's largest lender National Bank will seek shareholder approval to raise the sought private sector participation in its share offering to 12 from 10 percent, an official at the bank said on Thursday.
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ATHENS, April 25- Greece's privatisation agency has given Greek-Czech fund Emma Delta more time to improve its bid for a controlling stake in gaming firm OPAP, two officials directly involved in the sale talks told Reuters on Thursday.
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Greece received a clean bill of health from its international creditors on Monday, securing more rescue aid and prompting its finance minister to say he would ask for much more debt relief.
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ATHENS, Feb 13- Greece's biggest lender National Bank of Greece on Wednesday said it would cut up to 2,000 jobs, or about 15 percent of its workforce, to generate savings from its acquisition of smaller rival Eurobank. They will be completed by March and will only affect National Bank employees, said a bank executive who declined to be named.
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European shares closed higher on Monday, managing to hold onto earlier gains as investor sentiment was buoyed by an agreement among U.S. Republicans on Friday to extend the debt ceiling for three months.