* SCH appears to be in the clear with Â£8.55bn bid
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Abbey National was last night poised to become part of Santander Central Hispano, Spain&#39;s largest bank, after HBOS dramatically dropped plans for a counterbid and the European Commission approved the deal.
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British brewer Scottish & Newcastle said Friday it had accepted a 7.8 billion pound (10.5 billion euro, 15.5 billion dollar) takeover bid by Carlsberg of Denmark and Heineken of the Netherlands.
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Brewer Scottish & Newcastle said Friday it had accepted a 7.8 billion pound takeover bid by Carlsberg of Denmark and Heineken of the Netherlands.
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Around 3,000 jobs will be lost at Abbey National if the UK bankâs takeover by Spainâs Santander Central Hispano (SCH) goes ahead, it emerged today.
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Santander Central Hispano has won permission from the European Commission to press ahead with its agreed 8.7 billion pound takeover of Abbey National.
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The London-based brokerage Collins Stewart Tullett placed Â£55m of new shares yesterday to help fund the Â£69.5m purchase of the money and futures broker Prebon.
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A Â£55m investment in a new radio system for the Welsh Ambulance Service is announced.
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Santander Central Hispano SA, the biggest bank in Spain and Latin America, may drop its 8.2 billion ($14.9 billion) offer to buy Abbey National Plc if rival bids lead to a long competition
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The owner of Southampton Football Club confirms hedge fund Sisu Capital has made an offer for the club.
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A bidding war involving Europeâs three major exchanges was on the cards today after Paris-based Euronext made an approach to rival Deutsche Boerseâs Â£1.35 billion offer for the London Stock Exchange.
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Deutsche Boerse is upping the stakes in the battle for the London Stock Exchange, with media reports suggesting that the German stock market operator is ready to raise its offer and might sell its Clearstream ...
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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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Resolution and Friends Provident may look to combine and create a company with a market value of about Â£8.3 billion, or $17.1 billion.
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Santander Central Hispano&#39;s Â£8.6bn ($15.3bn) bid for UK lender Abbey will help create a single regional financial market, the European Union (EU) said.
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THE deal of the week was made by Knight Frank. It was not a piece of commercial property but a piece of human resource - it has poached Craig Watson from Cushman & Wakefield, Healey & Baker.
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US private equity firm Blackstone has had its Â£564m offer for listed UK nursing homes group NHP accepted. The successful completion of the deal would mark a big step forward in its ambition to build one of the UK&#39;s large homes providers.
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Utility firm AWG says it has agreed a consortium takeover worth 2.213 billion pounds -- but has also received approaches from other bidders.