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Aug 26, 2010 at 07:08 AM
 Greece picks HSBC, Deutsche, Lazard as advisers
Reuters - 3 hours ago ATHENS, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Greece named three banks to advise it on ways to restructure the country's banking system and evaluate an offer by Piraeus Bank (BOPr.AT) to buy government stakes in ...

Aug 23, 2010 at 11:30 AM
 Piraeus Bank seen swinging to Q2 loss
Financial Mirror - Aug 23, 2010 Piraeus Bank, Greece's fourth-largest lender, is expected to report a second-quarter loss, hit by a one-off austerity tax and higher loan-loss provisions as the recession deepened. Piraeus will ... Greek Banks Pressured to Merge as Economic Slump Hurts Profits - Forex Factory
Greek Officials Ask Banks to Unite (NBG) - Comtex Smartrend


Aug 23, 2010 at 12:03 AM
 Piraeus bank in Serbia generates RSD 553m in profit
EMportal - 9 hours ago The total liabilities of the bank increased by 31 percent, compared to Q2 2009 when they reached RSD 38.11, they now amount to RSD 49.88bn. Furthermore, the bank recorded an increase in deposits ...

Aug 20, 2010 at 02:49 AM
 Greece picks bank privatisation advisors - paper
Reuters - Aug 20, 2010 ATHENS Aug 20 (Reuters) - Greece has chosen Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE), HSBC (HSBA.L) and Lazard (LAZ.N) to advise it on bank privatisations and will make an official announcement next week ...

Jul 29, 2010 at 09:47 AM
 Greece picks advisers on bank stake sales
Financial Mirror - Jul 29, 2010 Greece will hire Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley as advisers on the offer it has received from Piraeus Bank <BOPr.AT> to buy government stakes in ATEbank <AGBr.AT> and Hellenic ...

Jul 28, 2010 at 05:56 AM
 Piraeus Bank: Announcement
Capital.gr - Jul 28, 2010 On 15.7.2010, Piraeus Bank expressed its interest in acquiring 77,31% of Agricultural Bank of Greece SA (ATE) and 33,04% of Hellenic Postbank (ÔÔ), held by the Greek state as shareholder, through ...

Jul 26, 2010 at 02:44 PM
 Europe's outlook sunnier _ at least for now
Kitsap Sun - Jul 26, 2010 FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2007 file picture the Euro sign is photographed in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. Less than three months ago, as its leaders scrambled to ...

Jul 25, 2010 at 05:39 PM
 Piraeus Bank to boost capital by €1.1bn
Financial Times - Jul 25, 2010 By Kerin Hope in Athens Piraeus Bank , a private Greek lender that barely scraped through the European stress tests, is planning to raise fresh capital later this year, one of its senior ... Piraeus Bank to Determine Financing For Stake Purchases Later - BusinessWeek
Greek bank stocks up 4.9 percent outperform European peers - Balkans.com Business News
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Jul 24, 2010 at 08:35 AM
 Greece's Piraeus plans 1 bln euro capital rise-report
Reuters - Jul 24, 2010 ATHENS July 24 (Reuters) - Greece's fourth-largest lender, Piraeus Bank (BOPr.AT) plans a capital increase of more than 1 billion euros to fund the acquisition of controlling stakes in two banks ...

Jul 22, 2010 at 07:08 AM
 New Greek statistics chief promises clean data
Palm Beach Post - 4 hours ago A protesting employee hold a big flag of the state-run Hellenic Postbank, during a demonstration in central Athens on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. The protesters opposed a proposed take over by ...


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