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Even so, the nationalisation debate is likely to rage on for at least the next two years, scaring away much-needed potential investors.

Partial nationalisation of the banking system may be part of that process but any nationalisation should be regarded as a means to an end.

By the time this temporary phase of nationalisation is over, governments will have had an intensive course in banking at close quarters.

It is possible for the state to provide capital to banks in ways that do not imply nationalisation.

Alistair Darling, the chancellor, yesterday described the plan as the only viable alternative to full nationalisation of the bank.

At one point it looked as if full-blown nationalisation might be on the cards, but the government now insists that this is not an option.

Whenever a South African politician talks about nationalisation, its shares react as if whacked with a shovel.

It kept him in Venezuela when others left in the wake of the nationalisation of energy assets.

BN government bank rescue plan is nothing less than Nationalisation by the back door. . .

It has built a famously generous welfare state based on eye-watering taxes, and yet avoided such mistakes as wholesale nationalisation.

Unless nationalisation takes place at market prices, it undermines property rights and raises the long-term cost of capital.

For all these reasons, nationalisation has failed to live up to expectations almost everywhere.

But things are so bad that the least worst course is to accept nationalisation of these banks.

In cases of insolvency, the government could take over the bank, the much dreaded nationalisation, albeit temporary.

The last time governments were this involved in sinking money into private assets, the process tended to be called nationalisation.

It is the biggest nationalisation of a British company since the 1970s, but the writing had long been on the wall.

because investors fear the door has been opened to a partial nationalisation.

Differences are likely to arise over the terms of the nationalisation, however.

An alternative (or perhaps prelude) to a bad bank would be nationalisation.

Now comes another lesson: the only solution was indeed nationalisation, as most informed observers have long argued.

Who would have thought that the mighty Halifax could be brought to its knees and teeter on the verge of nationalisation?

Hayek's monetary theory includes the early neutral money theory and the later de nationalisation of money theory.

Is nationalisation totally off the table at this point?

American officials have pushed for its near nationalisation, the purging of managers and a thorough inquiry into what went wrong.

Bankers said that fears of a creeping nationalisation of the US banking sector were behind the selling pressure.

Neither party likes the word nationalisation and nor, indeed, do most voters.

As well as partial nationalisation, the price will doubtless be stricter regulation of the financial industry.

Venezuela's nationalisation programme has included much of the country's industrial base, as well as massive oil projects.

Nationalisation is not quite the right word, however, because sometimes state property is quietly transferred into private bank accounts.

At some point partial nationalisation of finance must also be replaced by privatisation and better regulation.

In those circumstances, the idea of "nationalisation" should be seen as a synonym for "restructuring" .

Shareholders' compensation for the nationalisation of Telemedia also hinges on the validity of the sweetheart deal.

Now that partial nationalisation of the banking system has restored some calm, Asia may see a modicum of confidence restored.

The deal was brokered by the Belgian government following the surprise nationalisation of the group's Dutch businesses.

A straight equity injection also looks expensive and would have required near-nationalisation of many banks.

The banking system that would emerge would be like nationalisation, only not as fast-moving.

left-wing calls for tax increases, nationalisation of the mines and dropping inflation-targeting by the central bank.

Supervision inexorably led to regulation and regulation to nationalisation (or imperialisation).

Bankruptcy or temporary nationalisation would be bolder.

At the time of the nationalisation, shares in Northern Rock were changing hands at 90p.

Socialised medicine and bank nationalisation are two of the ideas mooted for adoption in The Occupied Wall Street Journal.

As a capitalist newspaper, we reject a deliberate policy of wholesale nationalisation.

The nationalisation of Kaupthing comes after Iceland passed emergency legislation this week to take over struggling banks.

The advantage of nationalisation, then, is that it would allow restructuring of assets and liabilities into "good" and "bad" banks.

And a third, which has been gaining traction of late, is outright nationalisation.

The prime minister has been reluctant to admit to the scale of the problems; the Treasury has been too queasy about nationalisation.

Rather than taking Glitnir into administration, the CBI enforced nationalisation on punitive terms.

The latest bail-out package will not improve the mood. Banks face nationalisation following a 50% haircut on their government bond holdings.

All the more need for clarity on basic principles, therefore, rather than this murky quasi-nationalisation.

But nationalisation carries huge costs of its own.

Many big European family businesses, after all, have survived two world wars and successive waves of nationalisation.

Moreover, Saudi Arabia has remained remarkably stable since nationalisation.

But its opponents have long argued that the nationalisation would merely create a short-term boom while throttling investment.

The moves followed a collapse in bank stocks last week amid gathering support for outright nationalisation of weak banks.

All of which argues in favour of the bazooka option, nationalisation, as the only one that is fair to the taxpayer.

Nationalisation could be the first act of an Obama presidency.

The odds of this happening are quite low. The chances are that the Treasury will come back to nationalisation again.

Nationalisation could be needed, but it is not a panacea.

The threat of nationalisation has receded, reinvigorating the banks' share prices.

fifty years or more ago , the clear trend was towards state regulation , centralisation , and at the extreme nationalisation.

Bad banks enshrined "nationalisation of the losses" caused by US mortgage-backed assets and meant they fell to the taxpayer.

"We are seeing the very initial stage of an inter- nationalisation of PRC law firms. "

Chrysler escaped a wave of nationalisation in Peru because its local factory manufactured only half the components needed to assemble a car.

In many cases, this requires temporary bank nationalisation.

Officials, however, played down talk of full bank nationalisation.

Nationalisation need not be the end of the story.

Is nationalisation not already the big financial banana?

This produces a far right that likes nationalisation and dislikes the market.

The oil has never stopped flowing, despite six wars and the nationalisation of the industry in the 1960s.

The construction industry has been badly hurt by nationalisation.

As for nationalisation, heaven forfend.

Opel's eventual rescue will be nationalisation under another guise.

The 2006 nationalisation of the oil and gas industry is a troubling precedent.

"Nationalisation" is the answer.

"There is lots of discussion about nationalisation, but I will do my best to ensure Tepco remains as a private company, " said Mr Katsumata.

In fact, Malema's calls for nationalisation irritate Comrade Zuma.

The same may well happen with nationalisation.

Susan Shabangu, the ANC's minister of mines, is on record as saying that there would certainly be no nationalisation "in my lifetime" .

Confusion over what is meant by nationalisation has created a muddle.

But, say the quibblers, this is not nationalisation.

Mr Solanas, for example, openly supported the Kirchners' nationalisation of the pension system.

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we also had a presence in china and india from 1852 until nationalisation , and we re - opened in china in 1998 and in india in 2000