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That agreement also requires Dexia to sell its public-finance businesses in Italy and Spain.

Dexia Facing More Challenges Matthew Dalton 2011

Dexia will also sell its Luxembourg business and its French public-finance unit.

Dexia Belgium Set for Nationalization Inti Landauro 2011

The rescue efforts make up a three-step plan for the bank that includes the nationalization of the Belgian unit; the sale of Dexia's French local public-finance unit to French state-owned financial institutions Caisse des Depots et Consignations and Banque Postale, the banking arm of France's state-owned mail service; and the sale of the Luxembourg unit to a group of investors that includes the Luxembourg government, Dexia's board said in a statement.

Dexia Accepts Rescue Plan Matthew Dalton 2011

The 1998 Citizens Clean Elections Act created a voluntary public-finance system in which candidates who forgo the right to solicit unlimited private donations receive a state grant once they raise a minimum number of $5 contributions.

Campaign Funding Measure in Arizona Overturned Jess Bravin 2011

David Beers TITLE: Managing director of Standard & Poor's sovereign and international public-finance ratings group.

Making the Call on U.S. Credit Rating Damian Paletta 2011

Dexia's board said the sale of its French public-finance unit would reduce its short-term funding needs by €10 billion.

Dexia Accepts Rescue Plan Matthew Dalton 2011

In a move that effectively breaks up the bank, the board agreed to the selling-off of its Luxembourg unit and its French public-finance unit.

Dexia Accepts Rescue Plan Matthew Dalton 2011

Dexia, which was created in 1996 from the merger of Belgian and French government-lending banks, grew into one of the world's largest public-finance banks in 2008.

Dexia Accepts Rescue Plan Matthew Dalton 2011

Other cases could violate federal or state public-finance disclosure laws, accounting rules, or regulations governing how agencies spend federal funds.

Cities Hit as Funds From Bonds Pay Other Bills Ianthe Jeanne Dugan 2011

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services also put a swath of European local and regional governments and public-finance entities on watch for possible downgrade, including the cities of Paris, Rome and Vienna.

S&P Puts Downgrade Sights on EU, Big Banks Joan E. Solsman 2011