Markets news on stocks, currencies and oil; AIB’s executive chairman Dan O’Connor told shareholders at the AGM (annual general meeting) today that the Irish Government is likely to take a stake of 16% or 17% in the bank next month. The shareholding will be in place of a dividend owed to the Government by the bank.
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