71.  The banking group is led by Chiao Tung Bank, International Commercial Bank of China and the Bank of Taiwan.

72.  The banking group said it had been hurt by securities valuation losses and bad-loan write-off costs.

73.  The Dutch banking group ABN Amro Holding NV Wednesday announced it is taking over ChiCorp Inc., a parent company of U.S. investment bank The Chicago Corporation.

74.  The combined Societe Generale, a banking group, and Paribas, an investment bank, will be called SG Paribas.

75.  The Dutch banking group ABN AMRO Holding NV said Friday it is merging its equity capital markets activities with those of the U.K.-based Rothschild Group.

76.  The Dutch banking group ABN AMRO Holding NV said Monday it has agreed to acquire the U.K.-based fund group Causeway Group Ltd.

77.  The Dutch banking group ABN Amro Tuesday said it plans to open a representative office in the South African city of Johannesburg in the near future.

78.  The government plans to reform the banking sector and create two or three major banking groups, under a program approved this month.

79.  The idea of creating four or five large local banking groups is a fine one.

80.  The idea of creating four or five large local banking groups is good.