CROATIA: CROATIAN BANK BUYS LARGE BOSNIAN BANK.(Zagrebacka Banka acquires Universal Banka)(Brief Article)

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: December 31, 2000 | Copyright information

Zagrebacka Banka on 22 December purchased slightly more than 95 percent of the shares of Bosnia's Universal Banka, ...

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