Bernard Hickey: Foreigners get first dibs on bank assets
How would you feel if someone muscled in front of you in the queue at the bank? How would you feel if the manager actually encouraged queue-jumping? Bernard Hickey looks at bank assets.
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Three major banks cut mortgage rates
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Big banks keep cutting interest rates
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