News from NB Financial Services Conference

Bloomberg, Sean B. Pasternak, 21 March 2007Bank of Nova Scotia, Canada's third-biggest bank, expects ``meaningful'' earnings from its Asian expansion in five to 10 years, Chief Executive Officer Richard Waugh said.Scotiabank, as the lender is known, has operations in 11 Asian countries and announced on March 18 it was in talks to buy as much as 20 percent of China's Bank of Dalian Co. Terms of