Great Eagle is planning to list the Hong Kong hotels in the third quarter, one of the people said Friday, encouraged by gains in the stock market and Chinese insurer People's Insurance Co. (Group) of China Ltd.

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For instance, the bank 80% owned by taxpayers, Royal Bank of Scotland, has announced it is floating some of its US business, Citizens, on the stock market and selling a further stake in the insurer Direct Line.

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V, the leading mutual insurer, has set up a joint-stock company, though not a publicly traded one.

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