July 29 (Bloomberg) -- Lloyds TSB Group Plc , the biggest bank that depends almost entirely on U.K. lending, may report its largest earnings decline in almost four years after bad loans, credit-market writedowns and declining share prices.

Nhan Dan - The State's investment credit lending rate in Vietnam dong is set at 12% a year and in freely changeable foreign currencies is 7.8% a year, according to a decision issued on June 26 by the Ministry of Finance.

Hanover Finance provided $15 million in additional funding to the private property company of its owners, multimillionaires Eric Watson and Mark Hotchin, less than two weeks before it pulled the plug on repayments to its investors.

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. federal banking regulators plan to request more information from banks on a number of assets at the center of the current market turmoil, including subprime mortgages and various structured finance products.

Having investment banks follow the same rules as commercial banks would hurt the U.S. financial system and drive risk-taking business outside of government oversight, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday.