Following the allegations earlier this year, the bank was negotiating with the Fed Bank of New York, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the District Attorney of New York's Office and the Department of Justice.

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MBf officials deny that the company is now negotiating with Public Bank, the parent of Public Finance.

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And yet there is no suggestion that a write-down of the 161bn euros owed by Greece to eurozone governments and the 50bn euros owed to the European Central Bank is on the negotiating table.

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The bank is still in the process of negotiating the sale of 632 of its branches to the Co-operative Bank.

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The bank is negotiating with donor countries on replenishing the nearly exhausted ADF.

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The Republic of Ireland's central bank governor, Patrick Honohan, had been negotiating the plan with the ECB late on Wednesday, when details leaked to the press.

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According to a report in the Wall Street Journal newspaper, the huge US bank Citigroup is now negotiating with key Congressional committees on a deal which would give judges unprecedented powers, something long opposed by the financial services industry.

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Many have been negotiating under a programme arranged by the Bank of Thailand, with specific timetables for talks.

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The more trouble the bank is in, the less publicity it will want and the better the negotiating position of the executive.

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The U.S. Treasury Department, Justice Department, Federal Reserve and Manhattan District Attorney's Office reportedly were either negotiating a settlement with Standard Chartered or were at the very least investigating the bank's alleged misconduct.

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