Sale of Portugal's Novo Banco not ready for completion -report
January 04, 2017 at 06:40 AM EST
LISBON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Portugal is not ready now to complete the sale of Novo Banco, the bank carved out of Banco Espirito Santo (BES), and the state will provide no guarantees for the buyer, Finance Minister Mario Centeno was quoted as saying on Wednesday.