Thursday, July 5, 2007

China Names New Head for Agricultural Bank, Signaling Progress on Bailout

(Bloomberg) -- China appointed central bank Deputy
Governor Xiang Junbo as president of Agricultural Bank of China
to lead the overhaul and public share sale of a lender with $99
billion of bad debt.

Xiang, 50, replaces Yang Mingsheng, Beijing-based
Agricultural Bank said. Yang, a 27-year veteran of the bank, was
nominated by the State Council as vice chairman of China's
insurance regulator.


Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News

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