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International Bank Watch: Global markets sink

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Markets across the globe were down Thursday. The Nikkei 225 Average was down 6% at 8899 while the FTSEurofirst 300 sunk 5.4 % to 4272.41. Banks got slammed even though the European Central Bank and the Bank of England sliced interest rates.

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HSBC Holdings plc's stocks slipped after the bank signaled that it might now give consumers and businesses the full impact of rate reductions from the Bank of England, according to Bloomberg. Lloyds TSB Group plc was also down. Lloyds appointed Daniel Sasaki as a director of its private equity arm in London, and cost-cutting targets have risen to £1.5 billion ($2.4 billion) due to Lloyds merger with HBOS plc. Between 14,000 and 40,000 employees could be laid off, according to analysts. - Maria Woehr

Troubled International Banks
Prices at 11:30 pm EDT
Name Open Price at
12:00pm
Change Mkt cap
UBS 15.27 15.24 -0.68 43.24B
Barclays plc 188.9 183.60 -12.30 15.36B
BNP Paribas SA 55.27 53.20 -4.40 47.60B
Deutsche Bank AG
40.63 39.09 -2.86 21.33B
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc 1.05 1.01 -0.11 16.71B
Royal Bank of Canada 46.59 46.35 -0.36 62.164B
HSBC Holdings plc 741 725.75 -49.25 87.46B
Lloyds TSB Group plc
196.3 182.30 -26.45 11.03B
Standard Chartered plc 985 948.00 -72.00 13.51B
Toronto-Dominion Bank 56.98 56.71 -0.72 45.78B
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 6.5 6.31 -0.29 69.83B
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