In addition, stock prices of the big Chinese banks are relatively cheap: Bank of China trades at 1.4 times forward book value, and Agricultural Bank of China trades at 1.6 book value for fiscal year 2011, even though Bank of China is considered a better-run bank.
Just 14 Chinese banks can invest in Taiwan, of which Agricultural Bank of China Ltd.
She has worked with both the Agricultural Bank of China and the Bank of China (BACHY).
The largest deal in the world and, indeed, ever was Agricultural Bank of China Ltd.
Agricultural Bank of China and the Bank of China have also raised money recently.
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Even Agricultural Bank of China, traditionally the weakest of the quartet, had a 1.34% ratio.
And of course there have been share issues sopping up any remaining liquidity, notably the Agricultural Bank of China IPO.
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Xiang Junbo, the former boss of the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), another government-run banking goliath, is the new insurance regulator.
Although he took the entire sector to task, Chanos highlighted Agricultural Bank of China in particular, because of the amount of debt it carries.
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It is popular with governments looking to sell shares: recent deals it jointly led include Petrobras and Agricultural Bank of China, as well as GM.
The Fed also granted approval to Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. to build a branch in New York City, and to Bank of China Ltd. to build a branch in Chicago.
Attempts to reach Agricultural Bank of China were unsuccessful.
Wen Mengjie, a 50-year-old, former director of the information technology department of the Beijing branch of the Agricultural Bank of China, was executed in Sept. 2007 for accepting bribes totaling 10.73 million yuan.
Bank of China, the country's largest foreign-exchange bank, said that its net profit climbed 12% on-year in 2012, higher than analyst expectations. 2012 net profit at Agricultural Bank of China, China's largest rural lender by assets, came out a touch lower than expectations.
When China's state-owned Agricultural Bank was recently listed, no big Western bank bought a significant stake.
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True, Agricultural Bank achieved the world's largest initial public offering just last month, and on August 18th China Everbright Bank, another lender, enjoyed a strong debut in Shanghai.
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