European banks continue their progression on path to profits in 2000. In its edition of 16 July, the French daily, Les Echos, published the first part of its annual survey on European banks, from statistics collected by the database of the financial quotation agency Fitch. The year 2000 was a good year for the large European banks which, having found their way back to profits the previous year, continued on that path. In this first chapter, the daily provides the list of the 100 foremost...