India's largest private sector lender, ICICI Bank, is looking at possible acquisitions in Britain, Canada or Germany to expand its overseas business.

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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'>&#34ICICI Bank is considering acquisitions to expand outside its home market at a time when many foreign rivals are struggling because of tight credit markets,&#34 the New York Times reported on Thursday quoting two senior executives of the bank.
</p><p class='TableClas'>ICICI Bank Executive Director Sonjoy Chatterjee, said, &#34The bank, which has about $5 billion (about Rs 21,000 crore) on hand, could spend it on an international expansion that could include purchase of a 

ICICI mulls overseas acquisitions

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