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America cracks down: Japanese banks

Article Abstract:

Bank regulators are looking at Japanese banks operating in the US. Especially in California, these banks have been on a 'foreign-lending frenzy.' Almost every new office complex in Los Angeles in the late 1980 was financed by Japanese banks. Now the value of these buildings, many empty, has dropped.

Interpretation and construction, Economic aspects, Japan, International aspects, California, Corporations, Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd., Banking law, Bank loans, Corporations, Japanese

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The French lay siege to Fortress Germany

Article Abstract:

French state-owned banks and insurance companies are trying to start businesses in Germany. Business in Germany could lead to opportunities in the rest of Eastern Europe. But German firms such as Aachener und Munchener have been uncooperative in forming partnerships.

Germany, Insurance industry

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Dutch treat

Article Abstract:

Large Dutch banks that are eager to expand their businesses in Europe run the risk of failure. In anticipation of European monetary union, ABN AMRO Bank NV is attempting ventures such as expanding its brokerage business worldwide.

ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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