International Business News - HBOS http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Shares in HBOS PLC continued to fall on the London Stock Exchange Thursday, a day after dropping below the price of the bank's planned share sale. HBOS was down 1.7 percent in early trading at $4.97. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/british-bank-hbos-shares-continue-to-fall.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:41:49 EDT The FTSE 100 share index rose on Thursday following news that the Bank of England decided to keep interest rates at 5.0 per cent. The index was up 9.8 points to 6,270.8 by the end of the day (up 0.2 per cent). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/ftse-thursday.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 03:56:23 EDT HBOS PLC, the parent of the Bank of Scotland and mortgage lender Halifax, became the latest financial-services firm to seek new capital after losses from the U.S. subprime lending mess, saying Tuesday it plans to ask investors for almost $8 billion by issuing new shares. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/britians-hbos-plans-to-raise-8b-with-new-stock-issue.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:49:40 EDT HBOS PLC became the latest financial-services firm to seek new capital after losses from the U.S. subprime crisis, saying Tuesday it plans to ask investors for 4 billion pound (US$7.95 billion; euro5.1 billion) by issuing new shares. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/hbos-plans-4-billion-pound-rights-issue.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:28:08 EDT HBOS PLC, the parent company of the Bank of Scotland and mortgage lender Halifax, announced Tuesday that it plans a 4 billion pound (US$7.95 billion; euro5.1 billion) rights issue to bolster its capital base, and it booked write-downs of 2.84 billion pounds (US$5.6 billion; euro3.6 billion) in the current year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/hbos-plans-7-95-billion-rights-issue.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:29:15 EDT The FTSE 100 share index was almost unchanged as Monday came to an end, with the index going down only 3.5 points to 6,053.0 (down 0.06 per cent). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/alliance-leicester-barclays-hbos-hsbc-lloyds-tsb-standard-chartered.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:54:59 EDT The FTSE 100 share index fell marginally on Thursday, dropping 18.8 points to 5,965.1 (down 0.3 per cent) after the Bank of England cut interest rates from 5.25 to 5 per cent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/ftse-alliance-leicester-barclays-hbos-lloyds-tsb-royal-bank-scotland-standard-chartered.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:50:18 EDT The FTSE 100 share index fell early on Tuesday. At 08:34 on Tuesday the FTSE 100 was down 41.2 points to 5,973.6 (down 0.7 per cent). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080408/barclays-hsbc-hbos-standard-chartered-royal-bank-scotland-and-lloyds-tsb.htm Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:33:25 EDT The FTSE 100 share index did well on Tuesday, rising 150.5 points to 5,852.6 (up 2.6 per cent). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080401/ftse-hbos-rbs-astrazeneca-glaxosmithkline.htm Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:36:55 EDT Heritage Financial Group said Friday it is reducing its planned investment in a new Georgia bank because of regulatory considerations. Heritage Financial reduced its planned investment in Gainesville, Ga.-based Chattahoochee Bank to $1 million from $3 million. The reduced stake will give Heritage Financial about a 5 percent stake in Chattahoochee Bank. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080328/heritage-cuts-investment-in-new-bank.htm Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:25:06 EDT