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• Bank of China buys 30 percent of Swiss hedge fund: report

  - 2008-07-28

  BEIJING AFP — Bank of China, one of the country's big four state-owned commercial banks, has bought a 30 percent stake in Switzerland's Heritage Fund Management HFM, state media reported Tuesday. According to the agreement, the bank will eventually increase its stake to 70 percent, while Jacques Mechelany, a...

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• Hundreds queue for special HK banknotes

  - 2008-07-14

  HONG KONG AFP — Hundreds of people began queueing outside Hong Kong branches of the Bank of China on Monday, desperate to get their hands on special banknotes released to commemorate the upcoming Olympics. Hundreds gathered on pavements outside five branches of the mainland bank for an overnight wait,...

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• RBS chairman signals long-term investment in Bank of China

  - 2008-07-13

  LONDON AFP — The chairman of Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland signalled in an interview published Monday that the group would hold on to its stake in Bank of China for the long-term. Gordon Pell's comments to the Financial Times came in spite of RBS's financial struggles and the...

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• Oly: Organisers deny online delays for Olympic tickets

  - 2008-05-05

  AAP Sports News Australia 05-05-2008 Oly: Organisers deny online delays for Olympic tickets BEIJING, May 5 AFP - Long online delays were reported today as Chinese rushed to secure tickets for the Beijing Olympics in the final phase of domestic...

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• Chinese banks look to invest in Standard Chartered: report

  - 2007-11-19

  LONDON AFP — China's three leading banks have approached Temasek, Singapore's state investment agency, over the acquisition of its stake in Standard Chartered, the emerging-markets lender, the Financial Times said Monday. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ICBC, Bank of China and China Construction Bank had in recent months...

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• Bank of China unit announces stake in Bank of East Asia

  - 2007-11-19

  BEIJING AFP — Bank of China Hong Kong said it had bought 4.94 percent of rival Bank of East Asia BEA for 3.95 billion Hong Kong dollars (506.4 million dollars). The deal, aimed at diversifying Bank of China Hong Kong Group's investment portfolio, will be financed entirely by the...

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• China banking regulator takes disciplinary action against four state banks

  - 2005-01-26

  BEIJING AFP — China's banking regulator said it has taken disciplinary action against 1,841 officials at 157 branches of the country's four largest state-owned banks who have breached market rules. The China Banking Regulatory Commission CBRC said it conducted on-site investigations at the headquarters and 988 branches of Bank...

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