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Banking Business Review (Free subscription) | yesterday
Abbey, a subsidiary of Banco Santander, has appointed Paul Pester, currently the managing director of premium banking at Abbey, to take responsibility for Bradford & Bingley's retail distribution, including their branch network.
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John Redwood's Diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
One day I saw the Bradford and Bingley share price was falling faster than usual. The next day I read they were thinking of nationalising it. On the third day I heard they were nationalising the mortgage side of the business. As an MP I was yet [...]
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Mark Investments (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
The global credit crisis is far from over, as news broke out that Bradford & Bingley (LSE: BB) , a British bank is another casualty of the global economic sunset. On Monday shares in banking sector fell sharply again after it had been announced that Bradford & Bingley will be nationalised and [...]
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Bradford ? Bingley's dismayed former investors are seeking a seat on the nationalised bank's board in an effort to recover something from its collapse.
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
The regulators get it right UNLIKE the botched nationalisation in February of Northern Rock, a troubled mortgage lender, or the forced monster mergerawhich could still come unstuckaof Lloyds TSB and HBOS announced on September 18th, the neat filleting of Bradford & Bingley (B&B) ten days later seemed to show Britainas financial regulators at last on the front foot. B&B is the last of...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
The European Commission swiftly approved on Wednesday the British rescue aid package for Bradford and Bingley, the British mortgage bank which fell prey to the global credit crunch. The Commission said it had been in contact with the British authorities over the week-end to support in the design of measures that could comply with competition rules after the bank was forced sought emergency help...
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
THE European Commission rubber-stamped Bradford & Bingley's nationalisation in less than a day yesterday as it sought to limit the fall-out from the global financial crisis.
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http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Irish Examiner The European Commission today approved the British government’s rescue package to bail-out mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley.Clearance under EU state aid rules was rushed through in less than a day… Read the full article here
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Baggage Reclaim (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
....as long as they keep the girl in the green jacket and the bowler hat ....