Barclays Raises ABN Bid With Help From Asia
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Barclays said it had struck a deal with China Development Bank and Temasek Holdings of Singapore.
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The bid by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and two other European banks topped an offer by Barclays.
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Shares in British bank Barclays PLC pushed higher Monday on media reports that it has held merger talks with U.S. banking giant Wells Fargo &amp; Co.
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Shares in Barclays  surged over 4 percent toward their record high on Thursday as traders said talk returned that Spanish or U.S. banks were casting an acquisitive eye on Britain's third-biggest bank.
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Britain's Barclays  has raised its offer for ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) and included a cash element as it seeks to regain the initiative in the world's biggest bank takeover battle.
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LONDON, September 24  - Barclays Plc (BCY.FSE) witnessed a robust rally in its share price this morning, after the company disclosed its plans to buy a controlling stake the South African retail banking company, Absa, yesterday.
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Britain&#39;s Barclays signaled a return to retail banking in South Africa after 18 years&#39; absence, saying it was in talks to buy a majority of the country&#39;s biggest retail lender Absa.
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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, said that talks to buy a majority stake in South African banking group Absa were progressing well, and forecast an 18-percent rise in annual profits.
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British bank Barclays, which has made a friendly takeover offer for Dutch group ABN Amro, has pledged to invest 20 million euros in the business department of Amsterdam university if it wins the deal, a university spokesman said on Tuesday.
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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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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, said that talks to buy a majority stake in South African banking group Absa were progressing well and it hoped to make an announcement soon.
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Barclays will continue its move for ABN Amro despite a share price slump wiping billions off its bid, reports say.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Shares of Barclays PLC rose more than 4 percent yesterday after an investment analyst advised clients that Bank of America Corp. may be interested in bidding for the London-based banking company.
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Singapore&#39;s state-linked investment firm Temasek Holdings said Monday it is investing 975 million pounds in Barclays, fighting to take over Dutch lender ABN Amro.
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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - The takeover battle for ABN AMRO  heated up on Monday with the Royal Bank of Scotland  consortium boosting the cash element of its 71.1 billion-euro ($98 billion) offer.
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Barclays is close to raising some Â£10bn from China and Singapore to back its takeover of a Dutch bank.
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Barclays Capital, the investment  banking arm of British lender Barclays Plc. , is  counting on Asian revenue growth of at least 25 percent a year,  Chief Executive Bob Diamond said on Sunday, as the bank's  overseas businesses now make up about half of its total  profits.