Group Makes $95.6 Billion Bid for ABN Amro
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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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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland  has launched a 71.1 billion euro ($95.9 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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A European banking consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Monday ramped up the cash part of its 71.1-billion-euro bid for Dutch group ABN Amro in an attempt to beat a rival offer from Barclays.
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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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The Royal Bank of Scotland led a European consortium in a titanic attack against British rival Barclays on Tuesday with a record-breaking bid for Dutch target ABN Amro worth almost 100 billion dollars.
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AMSTERDAM, DECEMBER 16: Dutch financial group ABN AMRO said on Thursday it would cut 2,850 jobs in a restructuring in which it broadens group shared services (GSS) and refines its wholesale clients business unit.
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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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Dutch bank ABN AMRO  has  received offers for its 40 percent stake in Saudi Hollandi Bank  (1040.SE), the Saudi lender's chairman, Sulaiman al-Suhaimi,  said in remarks published on Sunday.
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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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A 98-billion dollar bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro from a three-member consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland won the approval of Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos.
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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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Business & money: Royal Bank of Scotland launches new bid for ABN Amro, in an attempt to wrest it away from rival bidder Barclays.
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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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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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Shareholders in ABN AMRO  will weigh three key events in the coming week to decide which of two rival bidders will clinch control of the Dutch bank after a six-month takeover battle.
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Business & money: Royal Bank of Scotland tells shareholders to expect a revised bid for ABN Amro.
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A European banking consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland will present a formal takeover offer for Dutch bank ABN Amro on Monday, the chairman of ABN said on Friday.