一名主要股东表示，劳埃德集团处于这一状况，很大程度上是因为做出了收购哈利法克斯银行的决定。他还表示，布兰克和埃里克当中一人，或者两者，将会承受相当大的压力。
A leading shareholder said Lloyds was "largely in this position because of the decision to buy HBOS", adding: "One or both [of Blank and Daniels] is going to come under quite a lot of pressure."
苏格兰皇家银行持续亏损，劳埃德银行和苏格兰哈利法克斯银行为削减成本的运营整合尚未全面奏效。
The slimming-down of RBS and the cost-cutting integration of the operations of Lloyds and HBOS have yet to take their full toll.
如果未被劳埃德银行接管，哈利克斯的地产贷款价格也许已经滑落至谷底。
Had it not been taken over by Lloyds TSB its property loans might well have been dumped at rock-bottom prices.
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