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King Albert on Sunday asked Belgium’s parliament president to take the reigns of the government that quit last week after a scandal over the botched bailout of...
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AP, Amsterdam
The troubled Belgian-Dutch bank Fortis, whose suspended takeover by BNP Paribas brought down the Belgian government, said Wednesday the aborted deal also cost it...
made popular Dec 24 2008
AP, Brussels
Belgium on Monday turned to a veteran politician to broker a new government after a scandal over the botched bailout of the Fortis bank forced the ruling coalition to...
made popular Dec 22 2008
AP, Brussels
Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme offered the resignation of his entire government Friday over the handling of the Fortis bank bailout.
made popular Dec 19 2008
AP, Brussels
Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme is offering the resignation of his government over the handling of the Fortis bank bailout.
made popular Dec 19 2008
AP, Brussels
Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme is proposing that his entire government step down over the handling of the Fortis bank bailout.
made popular Dec 19 2008
AP, Brussels
Belgian Justice Minister Jo Vandeurzen is resigning over the handling of the botched Fortis bank bailout.
made popular Dec 19 2008
AP, Paris
Shares in BNP Paribas slumped Thursday after the French bank scrapped plans for a shareholder meeting on its acquisition of Belgium’s troubled Fortis bank.
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AP, Brussels
Fortis, the bailed-out Belgian-Dutch lender, said Wednesday it would reabsorb one of its core insurance units after a court blocked the sale of most of the business to...
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AP, The Hague
Troubled Dutch bank Fortis stands to lose up to euro1 billion ($1.35 billion) as a result of the fraudulent investment scheme allegedly orchestrated by Wall Street...
made popular Dec 16 2008
AP, Brussels
The Belgian government said Monday that it will appeal a court order last week freezing the sale of troubled bank Fortis NV to France’s BNP Paribas.
made popular Dec 15 2008
AP, Brussels
The Belgian government will decide Monday how it can defend the fire sale of troubled lender Fortis after a court ruled that shareholders should have been consulted.
made popular Dec 13 2008
AP, Amsterdam
A Belgian appeals court has frozen several major deals made by the former Belgian-Dutch bank Fortis NV to ward off bankruptcy, Dutch media reported Friday.
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AP, Brussels
BNP Paribas won European Union approval to buy the Belgian and Luxembourg banking arms of troubled lender Fortis on Wednesday _ but has agreed to sell off a credit card...
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AP, Utrecht
Shareholders of Fortis NV, the Belgian-Dutch lender which saw most of its operations sold or nationalized last month due to the credit crunch, booed members of the...
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AP, Amsterdam
The Dutch government named former finance minister Gerrit Zalm as chief executive of the recently nationalized ABN Amro and Fortis banks on Friday, and said the...
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AP, Brussels
European Union regulators on Thursday approved state guarantees given to Belgium’s troubled lenders Fortis Bank and Dexia financial group.
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AP, Brussels
There will be no sackcloth and ashes for the management of struggling insurer Fortis, who agreed to lucrative pay packages despite a plummeting share price and a...
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AP, Brussels
A Belgian commercial court on Tuesday threw out a shareholder challenge to the fire sale of troubled bank Fortis to France’s BNP Paribas.
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AP, Brussels
The Belgian prime minister says French banking giant BNP Paribas will take a majority 75 percent share of troubled bank Fortis NV.
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