Britain in talks with financier over possible rival bid for HBOS (AFP)

Filed Under (Personal Finance) by on 01-11-2008

A view of the British bank Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) headquarters in Edinburgh in Scotland. British ministers will hold talks with a leading Scottish businessman over a possible rival bid for mortgage lender HBOS, which has been hit hard by the subprime crisis, the government confirmed Saturday.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - Britain confirmed Saturday it is in talks with a Scottish businessman over a possible rival bid for HBOS, the British banking group hit hard by the subprime crisis.

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