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Shareholders approve Australian bank acquisition - Houston Chronicle
SYDNEY, Australia — Shareholders of St. George Bank Ltd. approved Thursday a 16 billion Australian dollar ($10 billion) takeover by bigger rival Westpac Banking Corp., creating the country's second-biggest bank by assets. The extraordinary general ...

St George Bank shareholders approve Westpac bid - ninemsn
SYDNEY, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Shareholders in St. George Bank , Australia's fifth largest bank, approved on Thursday an around $9 billion takeover by rival Westpac Banking Corp , in Australia's biggest ever banking takeover. Over 94 ...

Australia stocks slump to 4-year low; miners slide - ninemsn
Australian shares tumbled 5.9 percent to a new four-year low on Thursday, as companies warned the spreading global downturn was starting to hit their earnings, while a sharp drop in China's industrial output growth hit miners. Australia's top banks ...

Bank of NZ internally securitises NZ$ RMBS-Fitch - Reuters
SYDNEY, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Bank of New Zealand, a unit of National Australia Bank (NAB.AX: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ), has internally securitised NZ$6.5 billion ($3.66 billion) of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), ratings ...

REFILE-UPDATE 1-SingTel gets S$1.075 bln in bank financing - Reuters
SINGAPORE, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Singapore Telecommunications (STEL.SI: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) said on Friday it has signed agreements for S$1.075 billion ($707.2 million) in bank credit facilities to refinance existing loans and for ...

Australia's Westpac H2 cash profit up 3 pct - Reuters
SYDNEY, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Westpac Banking Corporation (WBC.AX: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) reported a 3.2 percent rise in second-half cash profit, matching analysts forecasts, after revenue growth exceeded a rises in expenses ...

Australia's Westpac postpones yen/A$ uridashi bond - Forbes
SYDNEY, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Westpac Banking Corp , Australia's fourth-biggest lender, has postponed a dual-currency (yen/Australian dollar) uridashi bond due to market conditions, lead Nomura International said on Wednesday. Uridashi bonds are ...

UPDATE 3-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions - Reuters
Nov 13 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, North American and Asian companies were reported by 2100 GMT on Thursday. (For Reuters columns on deals, click on [DEALTALK/] ) ** Citigroup Inc (C.N ...

UPDATE 2-Australia's CBA buys HBOS's BankWest for $1.5 bln - Reuters UK
SYDNEY, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA.AX: Quote , Profile , Research ) has agreed to buy British bank HBOS's (HBOS.L: Quote , Profile , Research ) Australian unit BankWest for A$2.1 billion ($1.5 billion), below book value, to ...

Market latest: Australia - ninemsn
SYDNEY, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Australian airline Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd will join the Australian stock market's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO>, replacing St George Bank Ltd , index provider Standard & Poor's said on Monday. The ...

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