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Not to mention ABN Amro, which was effectively bailed out and nationalised during the global financial crisis. If only AltaVista had been considered too big to
by JacobAldridge 13y ago
Not to mention ABN Amro, which was effectively bailed out and nationalised during the global financial crisis. If only AltaVista had been considered too big to fail...
I say "effectively", because the many mergers and splits it went through in the 00s meant the large parts nationalise in the Netherland and the UK were not identical to what it was in '99 when this analyst was interviewed.
- swombat 13y agoABN was acquired by RBS, which then went bust and was bailed out for a bunch of reasons. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2011/dec/12/royal-bank-of-scotland-fsa-report http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2011/dec/12/royal-bank-of-s...