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National Bank Canada closes HQ due to water leak

Fri Jun 5, 2009 8:10am EDT

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TORONTO, June 5 (Reuters) - National Bank of Canada (NA.TO) said on Friday it was forced to temporarily close its head office in Montreal because of a major water leak.

The Quebec-based lender said customer services at its branches, by telephone and Internet are unaffected. Head office employees have been asked not to come to work on Friday and will be informed when the situation returns to normal. (Reporting by Andrea Hopkins, editing by Gerald E. McCormick)



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