The assassination of former Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi seized the entire country into a grievous situation. To add to the misery, the whole economic front of the country was in doldrums. As it is, there were only a handful people who used to avail the banking facilities, they too lost faith in the banks. [...]

There is something common about Allied Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland and Anglo Irish Bank ? All these banks are struggling with their balance sheets and revenues. In such a scenario, you would find that some element of external assistance is welcome. A 10 Billion Pounds making a bailout plan is something all these banks [...]

The 116 banks that are receiving billions in taxpayer-provided bailout money this year actually paid out $1.6 billion in compensation and benefits to their top executives last year – even though the results at some of these institutions were so poor that they would soon have to turn to Washington for a government-engineered rescue.The $1.6 [...]