An unprecedented alliance between Greeks and Turks. In the past few months, some members of the European Union have done their best to warn foreigners off their corporate jewels—regardless of all that guff about the free movement of capital, single markets and so forth. Maybe its stuffier members could learn a thing or two from Turkey, a persistent knocker at the EU's door and one that some in the union would prefer never to let in. On April 3rd Finansbank, Turkey's eighth-biggest bank by assets and one of the country's best, was sold and not just to any foreigner, but to the National Bank of Greece (NBG).
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