Update 1: EU Clears Banco Santander Acquisition
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The European Union on Wednesday cleared Banco Santander Central Hispano SA&#39;s acquisition of British bank Abbey National PLC for about $14.
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Euronext  and NYSE  won endorsement for their $14 billion merger from European regulators on Tuesday, removing a major hurdle for the first transatlantic stock exchange.
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European Union antitrust regulators on Tuesday cleared Oracle Corp.&#39;s hostile $7.7 billion bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.
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The European Commission today cleared the way for Oracle Corp.&#39;s hostile takeover of PeopleSoft Inc. removing one of the deal&#39;s few remaining hurdles.
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The European Commission clears German drug firm Bayer's 2.3bn euro acquisition of Swiss company Roche's over the counter medicines business.
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Shareholders in Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano approve the takeover of UK bank Abbey.
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Shareholders in Abbey National PLC voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve the bank&#39;s acquisition by Santander Central Hispano of Spain.
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Shareholders in Santander Central Hispano on Thursday approved the euro13 billion (US$16.4 billion) takeover of Abbey National of Britain.
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Spanish banking giant Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) said in a filing with securities regulators Tuesday it was acquiring US-based Laredo National Bancshares (LNB) for $850 million.
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LONDON : The Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano said it still expects to complete its acquisition of British home-loan specialist Abbey National by the end of this year.
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BRUSSELS  - European Union regulators on Friday cleared the acquisition by Singapore's Flextronics International Ltd. of manufacturing actives from Nortel Networks Corp., Canada's largest technology company.
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LONDON, September 9 (New Ratings) - Santander Central Hispano (BSD2.FSE) has indicated that it is selling a 2.51% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, in an attempt to seek regulatory approval to acquire UKâs Abbey National Plc.
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Spain's biggest bank Banco Santander Central Hispano (SCH) said it was finalising its acquisition of Britain's Abbey National to create the world's tenth-largest bank.
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Shareholders of Spain's largest bank, Banco Santander Central, approved the 8.5-billion-pound (12.3-billion-euro, 15.3-billion-dollar) takeover of British mortgage bank Abbey National.
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European Union antitrust regulators on Tuesday cleared Oracle Corp.'s hostile $7.7 billion bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc., removing one of the last major hurdles to the contested takeover proposal.
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Cross-border banking mergers in the European Union will face fewer regulatory obstacles, after member states and the European parliament on Wednesday agreed to back a law that will curb the powers of central banks to interfere in such deals.
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Spanish bank Santander claimed victory for its 8.7 billion pound ($15.6 billion) agreed takeover of Britain's Abbey National after its most likely rival, UK bank HBOS, pulled out of the race.