ABN Amro boards won't take a position on two takeover bids
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AMSTERDAM - ABN Amro's boards will not recommend either of the two rival takeover bids the Dutch bank has received, they told shareholders yesterday.
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Dutch bank ABN Amro, at the centre of the biggest takeover in the banking industry, on Sunday confirmed its neutral stance on the rival bids of British bank Barclays and the three-bank consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland.
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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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The board of Gold Fields Ltd. urged shareholders Wednesday to reject a $8.1-billion-US takeover bid by South African gold producer Harmony Gold Mining Co.
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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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Business & money: Stakes raised in battle for control of ABN Amro as Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium trumps Barclays' offer for Dutch bank.
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The board of directors of Gold Fields Ltd. said Thursday that it would not hold discussions with Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd., criticizing its hostile &#36;5.76 billion takeover bid as grossly inadequate.
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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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The board of Gold Fields Ltd. urged its shareholders Wednesday to reject an $8.1 billion hostile takeover bid by its smaller South African gold producing rival, Harmony Gold Mining Co.
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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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Royal Bank of Scotland  said it was not in talks with Bank of America  regarding an attempt to resolve the purchase of LaSalle Bank, the U.S. arm of ABN AMRO which is a subject of dispute in the proposed RBS buyout of ABN.
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Scania AB rejected a 9.6 billion euro ($12.2 billion) takeover offer from Germany's MAN AG on Monday, while one of the Swedish truckmaker's primary shareholders said the offer did not reflect the company's true value.
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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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Qantas Airways, the Australian carrier, rejected an $8.6 billion takeover bid led by Macquarie Bank of Australia and the American equity firm, the Texas Pacific Group. Qantas said it had received a nonbinding proposal, but that the terms were ânot acceptable.â Qantas confirmed in November that it received a takeover proposal from Macquarie Bank and Texas Pacific.