Bank of America 'eyeing Barclays'
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Shares in Barclays Bank have surged 4% on speculation it may receive a takeover bid from Bank of America.
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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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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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Bank of America Corp, the second-largest U.S. bank, is in advanced talks to buy Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Shares in UK banking group Barclays rise on Monday after a weekend press report said it had held merger talks with Wells Fargo.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Barclays will raise its offer for ABN Amro to $93.2 billion, with help from two Asian financial partners, in the face of a rival bid led by the Royal Bank of Scotland, the British bank said Monday.
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Dutch bank ABN AMRO  can proceed with its $21 billion sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle to Bank of America , the Dutch Supreme Court said on Friday, boosting the prospect Barclays  will succeed in its takeover of ABN.
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Barclays PLC , competing to buy ABN Amro Holding NV in the world's biggest banking takeover, may sweeten its $89.3 billion all-stock bid by adding cash.
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Dutch bank ABN AMRO can go ahead with its $21 billion sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle Bank to Bank of America, the Dutch Supreme Court said on Friday, boosting the chance that Barclays could succeed in its all-share bid to buy ABN for 64 billion euros ($88 billion).
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Bank of America Corp., following pressure from Massachusetts authorities to justify job cuts and movement of business lines out of state, today unveiled plans to locate its wealth-management business in Boston.
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British bank Barclays Plc  has held merger talks with U.S. bank Wells Fargo  that could create a financial giant worth about &#36;180 billion, Britain's Sunday Express newspaper reported.
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Dutch bank ABN AMRO can go ahead with  its $21 billion sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle Bank to Bank of  America, the Dutch Supreme Court said on Friday, boosting the  chance that Barclays could succeed in its all-share bid to buy  ABN for 64 billion euros ($88 billion).
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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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The move by the consortium of banks, which is led by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, is intended to help it prevail in a bidding war with Barclays.
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China&#39;s huge investment in Barclays Bank is part of the cashed-up Asian giant&#39;s plan to spend big on foreign assets around the world and deepen its global commercial influence, analysts said Tuesday.
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UK lender Barclays says it is in talks with South Africa's Absa about buying a majority stake in the bank.
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Barclays  has drawn up contingency plans for a big cash sweetener to strengthen its all-share offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , the Financial Times said on Wednesday.