Fortis scraps $4bn asset sales

"Fortis, the Dutch-Belgian banking and insurance group that was bailed out by the Benelux governments this week, has called off $4 billion of asset sales.
The company had been planning to sell half of its asset management arm to China-based Ping An Insurance Co for €2.15 billion ($3 billion), as well as €709 million ($1 billion) [...]" (2008-10-1)
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