EU Commission will send warnings on banking cartels
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The article discusses legal warnings that will be sent out by the European Commission to 120 banks and banking federations next week, claiming they operated a cartel implementing fees for changing euro-area currencies.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2000
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MeritaNordbanken to buy Unidanmark; deal would create top Nordic banking group
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Swedish-Finnish banking giant MeritaNordBanken Group signs deal to acquire Denmark's Unidanmark AS for 6 billion Euro. When completed, the merged company would have an asset of 190 billion Euro and the largest in Northern European countries.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2000
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European Union targets 'underground banking."(ministers endorse broad antiterrorism powers for governments)(Abstract)
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The article discusses "underground banking," or bank accounts being used by terrorists, and how it is being targeted by the European Union.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2001
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