RBS-led trio bids $95.7 bln for ABN, tops rival offer
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland  has launched a 71.1 billion euro ($95.7 billion) bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO, trumping Britain's Barclays in a battle for the world's biggest bank takeover.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland unveiled a 71.1 billion euro ($95.6 billion) bid for ABN AMRO that included its disputed U.S. bank and a higher cash component than indicated.
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ABN AMRO&#39;s  supervisory board  is getting more involved in the Dutch bank&#39;s takeover battle  after a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland   launched a bid, ABN said on Wednesday.
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A Goldman Sachs-led  consortium  beat out Australia&#039;s Macquarie Bank  in an auction for  Associated British Ports  after raising its cash offer  for the group to 2.795 billion pound (&#36;5.15 billion).
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A 98-billion dollar (71 billion euro) bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro from a three-member consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland won the approval Monday of Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos.
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Barclays would make a better merger candidate with ABN AMRO than a bid by a group led by Royal Bank of Scotland aimed at breaking up the Dutch bank, a Dutch newspaper quoted ABN's chief executive as saying on Saturday.
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Barclays Bank wins the backing of most of its investors to go ahead with its takeover of Dutch rival ABN Amro.
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A consortium led by RBS outlines its proposed offer for ABN Amro to rival the agreed offer from Barclays Bank.
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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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The Dutch government&#39;s legal representative to the supreme court issued an opinion Tuesday potentially favorable to a bid by Barclays for ABN Amro, a Dutch banking giant also courted by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Business & money: UK-based bank confirms Â£9bn from the governments of China and Singapore will help it finance an improved takeover offer for Dutch rival ABN Amro.
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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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A trio of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland  will likely make a formal takeover offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO  on Tuesday, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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A consortium led by Royal Bank  of Scotland unveiled a 71.1 billion euro ($95.6 billion) bid  for ABN AMRO that included its disputed U.S. bank and a higher  cash component than indicated.
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A Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium will most likely buy ABN AMRO as Barclays' rival offer for the Dutch bank has little chance of matching the consortium's bid financially, ABN's chief executive told Dutch TV on Sunday.
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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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Investor's Business Daily - 1 Big M&amp;A deals kicked off the shortened week as a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland launched a $96 bil bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro  , and Archstone-Smith  , a REIT, agreed to a $22.2 bil buyout by 2 equity groups. RBS&#39; offer for ABN topped Barclays  &#39; earlier $86.6 bil bid, but analysts said ABN&#39;s previous decision to sell LaSalle to Bank of America   clouded the deal.