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* Financial institutions to be banned from guaranteeing principal

* Financial institutions to be banned from guaranteeing principal

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - A battle between the White House and Democrats over warring appointments to head up the top U.S. regulator for consumer finance is likely headed for the courts, opening any interim actions by the agency to legal challenges, lawyers said on Saturday.

WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The White House may name an acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Justice Department said in a memo on Saturday that endorsed an action by the Trump administration.

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Iain Duncan Smith’s zeal may have gone, but serious problems with the UK’s benefit persist

BERLIN, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday welcomed the prospect of talks on a "grand coalition" with her Social Democrat (SPD) rivals and defended the record of the previous such government, saying it had worked well.

A Brexit-induced price rise and increases in taxation bring sales boom to an end

Consumers rein in spending after Brexit-induced price rises and tax increases

BERLIN, Nov 25 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she aimed to get a government in place as quickly as possible after she was left scrambling to find a way to govern when three-way coalition talks collapsed last Sunday.

HANOI, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Vietnam has prosecuted five former officials of the unlisted Dong A Bank for violating rules that "lead to serious consequences", police said on Friday, part of a widening investigation involving the Ho Chi Minh City-based lender.