Scottish Power backs Spanish bid
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Scottish Power gives its backing to a Â£11.6bn takeover offer from Spanish energy company Iberdrola.
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SPAINâS Santander Central Hispano is to sell up to 79 million shares in Royal Bank of Scotland, and said it will end cross-directorships with RBS if its bid for Abbey National is successful.
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Spain&#39;s Santander Central Hispano has unwound almost half its 5.5 percent stake in Royal Bank of Scotland as it seeks regulatory approval for its bid for Abbey National.
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LONDON, September 9 (New Ratings) - Santander Central Hispano (BSD2.FSE) has indicated that it is selling a 2.51% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, in an attempt to seek regulatory approval to acquire UKâs Abbey National Plc.
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Politics: 1 October 2004, Friday. Spain supports Bulgaria's 2007 accession in to the European Union (EU). We actively support the political, economic and social reforms in Bulgaria, as well as its association ...
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European stocks have steadied after sharp losses on Wall Street overnight, while utilities failed to spark even as Scottish Power accepted a multi-billion-dollar takeover bid by Spanish peer Iberdrola.
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Spanish bank Santander claimed victory for its 8.7 billion pound ($15.6 billion) agreed takeover of Britain's Abbey National after its most likely rival, UK bank HBOS, pulled out of the race.
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British Energy, the nuclear generator, yesterday welcomed a decision by the European commission to approve a government-backed Â£5bn rescue plan.
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Britain and Spain have settled a long-running dispute over Gibraltar that blocked the European Union from ratifying some international conventions, including treaties on aviation and on children, Britain said on Tuesday.
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The EC is investigating the proposed  Â£11.6bn takeover of Scottish Power by the Spanish firm Iberdrola.
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A power failure stops Scotland's friendly with Spain, with the score at 1-1.
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Scottish Power PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to a $22.5 billion buyout offer from the Spanish utility Iberdrola SA that would create one of Europe's biggest utilities.Comment
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The European Commission said it had approved the acquisition by Spain's Repsol YSF of most of the Portuguese products and businesses belonging to Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell.
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Spain coach Luis Aragones blamed Scotland for making a series of &quot;criminal&quot; challenges in their friendly international in Valencia on Friday.
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Spanish officials are set to renege on a promise to the Football Association not to use tomorrow&#39;s friendly with England in the BernabÃ©u Stadium to promote Madrid&#39;s 2012 Olympic bid, a rival to London&#39;s.
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Shareholders in Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano approve the takeover of UK bank Abbey.
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Santander, the Spanish bank bidding Â£8bn for the UK's Abbey, is selling half its stake in rival Royal Bank of Scotland.