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ING Group is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation based in Amsterdam. The business of this company is primarily insurance services, direct banking, investment banking, retail banking, commercial banking, and asset management. ING means Internationale Nederlanden Groep or International Netherlands Group in English. The company is also one of the Dutch members of the Inter-Alpha Group of Banks, a cooperative consortium of 11 prominent European Banks.

Six of the world's largest central banks took collective action today to make dollars available at cheaper rates in an effort to shore up the European debt crisis.

Strong bond auctions in Spain and Italy appear to reveal that the European Central Bank's lending program has had success.

France and Austria are both expected to have their AAA ratings cut Friday by Standard & Poor's, sending shock waves through the global financial markets.

While the share prices for major financial companies are at rock-bottom levels compared to five years earlier, does that make them a good investment?

An auction of German 10-year Treasury Bonds failed to sell nearly 40 percent of available notes, prompting fears that Germany's typically stable status could be in jeopardy.

An auction of German 10-year Treasury Bonds failed to sell nearly 40 percent of available notes, prompting fears that Germany's typically stable status could be in jeopardy.

Stocks shot up across the financial sector, buoyed by news of a deal among European leaders for a bailout plan to relieve the Euro Zone debt crisis.