The table below lists the Year-To-Date (YTD) performance of the exchange-listed Irish ADRs: [TABLE=721] Similar to Anglo Irish Bank investors, Allied Irish Banks(AIB) and Bank of Ireland(IRE) common investors may be wiped out if Ireland nationalizes these beaten-down banks.CRH (CRH) is in the construction and materials industry. So it can be avoided until the dust …
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The EU and IMF are expected to approve a bailout package worth billions of Euros to Ireland next week. The Irish banking system is especially in need of capital injections despite billions already pumped into them by the Irish government. Similar to most U.S. banks, Irish banks also recklessly lent funds heavily to the real …
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Yesterday January 16, 2009 The Government of Ireland nationalized the Anglo Irish Bank. The shares were suspended from trading in all the exchanges. Anglo Irish was listed as a sponsored ADR with the ticker AGIBY. The ADR last closed at less than a dollar at $0.12.The Department of Finance of the Irish Government says: “The …
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