Ing To Cut 2,700 Jobs, Takes Greek Bond Hit

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch financial services group ING is to cut 2,700 staff and contract jobs, it said on Thursday in announcing third-quarter results, slashing the headcount at its Dutch retail banking operations by 10 percent in the face of deteriorating markets.

Senh: The Greek debt crisis takes another bank victim.

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