Lloyds to axe 460 more jobs

Britain's state-rescued Lloyds Banking Group on Friday said it would
cut up to 460 more positions, bringing to about 8,000 the total
number of job losses it has announced since the start of the year.
LBG said more jobs would disappear as a result of an agreement to sell
its loss-making Halifax Estate Agency business to LSL Property
Services for the nominal fee of one pound (1.1 euros, 1.6 dollars).
  'It is anticipated that as a result of the counter closures, up to
460 colleagues will be affected.'    An additional 1,050 staff
currently working across LBG's 218 estate agency offices will
transfer to LSL Property Services on completion of the sale that is
expected to conclude in January.