East & Partners
(29 September 2008 – USA) Washington Mutual has been closed by the US Government and promptly purchased by JPMorgan for...
(23 September 2008 – USA) The US Government has put together a US$700 billion (A$840 billion) bailout plan for the...
(22 September 2008 – USA) The US Federal Reserve has approved requests by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley that will...
(19 September 2008 – Global) Globally, central banks have pumped in billions of dollars into global markets in an effort...
(9 September 2008 – USA) The US Federal Government has seized control of the nation’s two largest mortgage finance companies,...
(3 September 2008 – Australia) The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced the first interest rate cut in the...
(27 August 2008 – USA) A US regulator has reported that the number of troubled banks in the US rose...
(20 August 2008 – Australia) Pressure, particularly from the Australian Government, has been placed on banks to cut interest rates...
(15 August 2008 – Australia) The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has announced that it will not oppose the merger...
(25 July 2008 – Australia) The ACCC has given preliminary approval to the Westpac and St George merger proposition before...
