RBS-led group offers more cash in ABN bid
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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - Royal Bank of Scotland  and its partners have sweetened their 71.1 billion-euro ($98 billion) bid for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , putting in more cash in an attempt to beat rival suitor Barclays .
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ABN AMRO , which received two  revised offers from rival bidders Barclays  and a  consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland , said on  Monday that it will evaluate both offers in &quot;a fair and  transparent manner.&quot;
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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Monday kept its offer to buy Dutch bank ABM AMRO at 71.1 billion euros ($97.9 billion) but raised the amount of cash it is offering after having to exclude ABN's U.S. arm from the purchase.
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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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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&#39;s  Barclays in a battle for the world&#39;s biggest bank takeover.
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A European banking consortium, led by the Royal Bank of Scotland, is expected to reveal on Tuesday if it will launch a takeover bid for Dutch giant ABN Amro, in the world&#39;s biggest ever bank takeover battle.
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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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ABN AMRO , which received two revised offers from rival bidders Barclays  and a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland , said on Monday that it will evaluate both offers in "a fair and transparent manner."
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Business & money: Government tells two groups bidding for Northern Rock to improve their offers or see bank nationalised
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Shares in Macquarie Bank have risen on speculation the acquisitive Australian outfit was preparing a bid for British utilities giant Thames Water.
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A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland  unveiled a bid for ABN AMRO  on Tueday valued at 38.40 euros per share, worth a total 71.1 billion euros ($95.6 billion).
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ABN AMRO  said on Wednesday its supervisory board is taking a more active role in considering rival offers to buy out the Dutch bank, either of which would result in the biggest-ever banking merger.
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A three-bank consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday launched an official rival bid of 71.14 billion euros (95.64 billion dollars) for Dutch bank ABN Amro, already the target of a friendly takeover by British bank Barclays.
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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.
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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  has drawn up  contingency plans for a big cash sweetener to strengthen its  all-share offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , the Financial  Times reported on Wednesday.
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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.