Northern Rock in takeover talks
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Northern Rock says it is in talks about 'a variety of potential transactions' but has cancelled its dividend.
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HBOS is said to be in talks with potential financial backers over how to fund an Â£8bn takeover bid for Abbey National in a move to break up a takeover plan from Spain&#39;s Banco Santander Central Hispano.
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Business & money: Consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland is today expected to make a Â£49bn hostile takeover bid for the Dutch bank ABN Amro.
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The board of Northern Rock is considering mounting a rescue plan to save the ailing British bank from nationalisation or takeover, the Sunday Times reported.
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Canada's Toronto Dominion Bank (TD.TO) said on Wednesday that it is in talks with U.S.-based Banknorth Group (BNK.N) about a possible deal.
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Canada's Toronto Dominion Bank TD.TO  said on Wednesday that it is in talks with U.S.-based Banknorth  Group BNK.N about a possible deal.
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Brazilian mining giant Vale said  Monday it was in talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata about a  takeover, a deal that analysts said could top $100 billion in  one of the biggest mergers ever.
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UK lender Barclays says it is in talks with South Africa's Absa about buying a majority stake in the bank.
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The National Union of Mineworkers begins talks about merging with Britain's biggest rail union.
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Northern Rock confirms that it will not pay its dividend and says it is in talks to sell some or all of the bank.
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Brazilian mining giant Vale  said on Monday it has held talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata  about a potential acquisition that have yet to lead to a formal bid.
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The London Stock Exchange is planning to have a takeover deal in place by the end of January, reports say.
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The board of embattled Northern Rock PLC faced shareholders Tuesday amid growing speculation that Britain's biggest casualty of the global credit crisis will be nationalized.
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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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Troubled bank Northern Rock will be taken into public ownership, the BBC's business editor reports.
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Northern Rock shares surge almost 14% in early trade after the troubled bank says it is in takeover talks.
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U.S. investment firm General Atlantic Partners and other venture capital firms are in talks with Britain's Northgate Information Solutions Plc  over a possible takeover that could be worth more than 600 million pounds ($1.13 billion), a newspaper reported on Thursday.