- Could Iceland's crisis have been averted?
As Iceland struggles to stave off bankruptcy after the collapse of its financial sector, banks and the government have pointed the finger a...
- Irish mortgage lender writes off Iceland losses
Ireland's major mortgage provider, Irish Life & Permanent PLC, slashed its profit forecast on Wednesday chiefly because of lost investments...
- US trust to publish data on credit-default swaps
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp (DTCC) will publish details of the top 1,000 credit-default swaps, bowing to regulatory pressure for m...
- Britain to loan Iceland 3 bn pounds to repay savers
Britain is planning to lend about three billion pounds (five billion dollars, 3.8 billion euros) to Iceland to repay Britons with savings i...
- Bring in the women...When The Chips Are Down
Men make the mess and the women come in to clean it up.
- Iceland agrees to reimburse Dutch clients of frozen online bank
Iceland has reached an agreement with the Netherlands to reimburse Dutch clients of the frozen online savings bank Icesave, according to a ...
- Icelanders vent fury as country seen headed for bankruptcy
Hundreds of Icelanders vented their fury Friday at central bank chief David Oddsson, the man blamed for the country's financial collapse, a...
- Iceland at risk of national bankruptcy
suspended trading on its stock exchange for two days and took control of the country's largest bank _ the third to be placed under its prot...
- UK councils prepare for possible Icelandic losses
Britain's local government authorities are planning to ask for temporary tax breaks from the national government as they brace for potentia...
- Iceland takes control of third bank
Icelandic govt took control of the country's largest bank, Kaupthing, on Thursday as it struggled to prevent an all-out collapse of its ban...
- Iceland government nationalises biggest bank Kaupthing
Iceland's government has nationalised the country's biggest bank, Kaupthing, financial authorities said on Thursday after the two other big...
- Iceland close to bankruptcy on meltdown fears
The country's top four banks now hold foreign liabilities in excess of $100bn, debts that dwarf Iceland's GDP of $14 bn. Top banking crises...
- Iceland's central bank says Russia loans it 4 bn euros
Icelandic bank said that Russia will grant Iceland's central bank a loan of four bn euros (5.4 bn dollars) to help the Nordic country fend ...
- Icelandic state takes control of second largest bank
The Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority said on Tuesday it would take control of the country's second largest bank, Landsbanki, as th...
- Cadbury begins trading as pure confectionery company after drinks demerger
Cadbury PLC made its debut as an independent confectionery company on Friday after spinning off its U.S.
- Credit Suisse issues profit warning
Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse took another hit to earnings on Thursday from its exposure to the US subprime loan crisis and warned ther...
- Tata, Orix potential suitors for Close Brothers
Discussions are less advanced with Tata, which has a financial arm but no history of interest in investment banking. Business week in pics ...