Iceland in talks to prevent bank meltdown

Article reports that Iceland’s prime minister and central bankers were holding emergency talks with pension funds and banks on the 5 October 2008 as the country looked overseas for funding to shore up its crisis-ridden financial system.

BBC News, 5.10.08: Iceland moves to shore up economy http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7653750.stm

The Observer, 5.10.08: The party's over for Iceland, the island that tried to buy the world http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/05/iceland.creditcrunch

Website: Central Bank of Iceland http://www.sedlabanki.is/

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