New Cash Lets Barclays Add to ABN Offer
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Barclays said it had struck a deal with the China Development Bank and Temasek Holdings of Singapore.
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British bank Barclays says it will table a formal Â£45bn offer for Dutch bank ABN Amro within six weeks.
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ABN Amro does not need shareholder approval to sell its U S arm, a Dutch government lawyer said yesterday in an advisory opinion that increases the chances that ABN will ultimately be bought by Barclays.
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A trio of banks led by Royal Bank of  Scotland Group  plans to present a new, nearly all cash  bid for Dutch bank ABN AMRO Holding NV  as early as  Monday, according to two media reports on Sunday.
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Barclays  is planning to  sweeten its offer for ABN AMRO  after a consortium of  rivals led by Royal Bank of Scotland  revised its bid  for the Dutch bank, the Financial Times said on Tuesday.
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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 Plc , Britain's third-biggest bank, raised its 2007 write-down on the value of risky assets to 1.6 billion pounds ($3.1 billion) but reported profits broadly in line with analysts' expectations.
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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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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, have extended their sponsorship of the English Premiership until 2010 in a deal worth 65.8 million pounds.
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Barclays is close to raising enough  finance to carry out its attempted takeover of the Dutch bank, ABN.
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NYSE Euronext has joined Dutch and British financial authorities in examining trading patterns of ABN Amroâs shares and American depositary receipts just before the multibillion-dollar bidding war over ABN became public, the bank said. âWe have received a request from the NYSE regarding transactions ahead of the announcement of our merger talks with Barclays,â a spokesman, Neil Moorhouse, said, reading a statement. He said ABN was cooperating with the investigation, but could not comment on whether there was any reason to suspect insider trading. The Supreme Court in the Netherlands is expected to make a ruling Friday in the fight between Barclays and a consortium of banks led by the Royal Bank of Scotland to buy ABN Amro for about 71 billion euros ($97.6 billion).
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Barclays raises its offer for the Dutch bank ABN Amro, after China and Singapore invest in the UK firm.
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China Development Bank and Temasek help with Barclays' bid for ABN.
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An RBS-led group sweetens its bid for Dutch lender ABN Amro, boosting the amount of cash it has offered.
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A European banking consortium under Royal Bank of Scotland, locked in a takeover battle for Dutch group ABN Amro, said Monday it was raising the cash portion of its 71.1-billion-euro bid from 79 to 93 percent.
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Australia's central bank on Tuesday provided banks with more cash than expected to try to combat a sharp rise in bank bill rates as the sector felt the impact of the global credit squeeze.
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Barclays will acquire 1.7 million Goldfish and affinity card accounts with about $4 billion of receivables and take Goldfishâs brand, staff and facilities.