ABN AMRO keeps neutral stance on competing bids
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ABN AMRO stuck to its neutral stance on Sunday on competing takeover bids for the Dutch bank, saying it could not support a break-up under the financially superior RBS-led consortium's bid.
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Australia&#39;s competition watchdog has no plan to stop a bid by a consortium including gas retailer Alinta Ltd for Western Australia&#39;s biggest natural gas transmission pipeline.
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The Australian government will not move to block a foreign takeover of  airline Qantas, the prime minister says.
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John Howard says he will not step in to block the planned $8.8bn takeover of Australian national airline Qantas.
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Airline Partners Australia (APA), a consortium bidding for Australia's Qantas Airways , said on Friday it would not increase its $8.7 billion buyout offer for the airline.
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Progress made by Britain&#39;s Barclays   in its offer for ABN AMRO demonstrates its ability to  offer the Dutch bank&#39;s shareholders &quot;certainty and  deliverability,&quot; Chief Executive John Varley said on Wednesday.
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Barclays Bank  is confident  of winning the bid battle for Dutch bank ABN AMRO NV  , a senior Barclays executive said on Tuesday.
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ABN Amro, at the centre of the world&#39;s biggest banking takeover bid, said Sunday that a three-bank consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland would likely beat a rival offer by Barclays.
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A trio of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland  will probably on Tuesday make a formal takeover offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , said sources familiar with the matter on Friday.
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Bank of America Corp  has  shelved plans to take ABN AMRO NV  to court, preferring  to wait until the Dutch Supreme Court rules on the Dutch bank&#39;s  sale of its U.S. unit, a Bank of America spokesman said on  Friday.
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Royal Bank of Scotland  said it was not in talks with Bank of America  regarding an attempt to resolve the purchase of LaSalle Bank, the U.S. arm of ABN AMRO which is a subject of dispute in the proposed RBS buyout of ABN.
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Australia&#39;s main airline carrier, Qantas, says it won&#39;t appeal the New Zealand High Court&#39;s rejection of a proposed alliance with Air New Zealand.
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FRANKFURT  - OMX -- the European stock market group made up of the Stockholm, Helsinki and Baltic stock exchanges -- does not intend to get into in a bidding war with Deutsche Boerse for the London Stock Exchange, OMX&#39;s president designate said in a
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The Swedish truck maker Scania remained defiant on Wednesday against a hostile bid from a rival, MAN of Germany.
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Shareholders in ABN AMRO  will weigh three key events in the coming week to decide which of two rival bidders will clinch control of the Dutch bank after a six-month takeover battle.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC said Tuesday it will launch a hostile bid of 71.1 billion euros ($95.5 billion) for ABN Amro, topping a friendly offer from Barclays PLC and pressing Bank of America Corp. for control of the Dutch bank's U.S. arm.
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