Italian bank merger costs hit ABN
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ABN Amro, the Netherlands' biggest bank, says integrating Antonveneta after its takeover cost 139m euros.
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The London Stock Exchange   is to buy its Italian counterpart for 1.6 billion euros ($2.15  billion), a statement from the two confirmed on Saturday, the  latest step in a global consolidation of exchanges.
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LONDON/MILAN  - The London Stock Exchange  is to buy its Italian counterpart for 1.6 billion euros ($2.15 billion), the two exchanges confirmed in a statement on Saturday, the latest step in a global consolidation of exchanges.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland has launched a 71.1 billion euro ($95.6 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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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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ABN AMRO is to cut 2,850 jobs in its IT, investment banking and corporate banking divisions as part of a plan to cut a total of â¬770 million in costs from 2007.
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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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Con fusione con Abn Amro, saremmo diventati divisione retail
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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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ABN AMRO board member Paolo Scaroni, top executive of Italian oil company Eni , bought shares in the Dutch bank just before a hedge fund urged its sale or break up, according to regulatory filings, but Scaroni denied he had intentionally bought the stock.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- ABN Amro (ABN) (NL:30110) warned 2004 operating profits will fall, hit by aa greater than expected hit from its US mortgage business.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - ABN AMRO  said on Wednesday it would discuss with Barclays  the implications of a bid proposal this week by the consortium seeking to dislodge Barclays as ABN's preferred merger partner.
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British bank Barclays&#39; bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro is too low compared to the consortium bid, ABN Amro chairman Rijkman Groenink told a shareholders meeting Thursday.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Barclays will raise its offer for ABN Amro to $93.2 billion, with help from two Asian financial partners, in the face of a rival bid led by the Royal Bank of Scotland, the British bank said Monday.
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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.
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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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A European consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland bid almost 100 billion dollars for Dutch banking group ABN Amro on Tuesday, casting doubt over ABN&#39;s agreed tie-up with British rival Barclays.