St. George Bank agrees to $17.5 bln takeover from Westpac to create Australia's biggest bank
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13-May-2008 156 related
        

By ROHAN SULLIVAN , Associated Press SYDNEY, Australia - Westpac Banking Corp. and smaller rival St. George agreed to a takeover deal Tuesday worth 18.6 billion Australian dollars ($17.5 billion) that would create Australia's biggest bank by market capitalization. Westpac, Australia's... [read full story]                    

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Suicide bombing kills three in NW Pakistan

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MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed vehicle into a police station in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley Thursday, killing three policemen and wounding 15, officials said.

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Is SNP's 'historic' concordat with councils in danger of falling apart?

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Published Date: 16 October 2008 The school meals row is only one aspect of the deal that looks to be in trouble, says David Maddox THE Glenrothes by-election, like the Glasgow East one before it, will involve two governments...

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Luxury builder goes to the wall as jobless figures rise

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Published Date: 16 October 2008 By HAMISH MACDONELL AND ERIKKA ASKELAND THEY were the pinnacle of the successful and audacious regeneration of one of Scotland's most down-at-heel regions. Ministers were warned UK unemployment...

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US troops 'to leave Iraq in three years'

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The US has apprently agreed to remove all of its combat troops from Iraq by 2011. According to US and Iraqi officials, negotiators from the two sides have agreed the wording of a draft document for the withdrawal. There are...

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