HBOS to complain over SCH Abbey bid
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HBOS HBOS.L says it will write to the European Commission to complain about Santander Central Hispano's continuing ties to Royal Bank of Scotland despite the Spanish bank's bid for Abbey National.
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Directors of banking giant Abbey National today faced harsh criticism from shareholders angry at the decision to sell out to Spain&#39;s largest bank.
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STUNNED Abbey National staff will be told today that 4,500 jobs could be axed within three years if Spain - s Banco Santander emerges victorious from its bruising 8.2 billion bid battle for the UK mortgage ...
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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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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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Britain's biggest mortgage lender, HBOS Plc , is in the early stages of planning a 1.2 billion pound ($2.44 billion) takeover bid for property group Quintain Estates & Development Plc , The Sunday Times reported.
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The European Commission first expects to make a decision next week on competition issues raised by the bid from Spain&#39;s Santander Central Hispano for Abbey National, a spokeswoman says.
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HBOS , Britain's biggest  mortgage lender, said profits are on track to rise 4 percent  this year but it will take a 180 million pound ($367.7 million)  hit on the value of assets due to the credit crunch, which will  also hurt margins.
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HBOS&#39;s decision not to bid for rival Abbey Nationalleaves just smaller targets for large British banks to buy in the UK, bankers and analysts say.
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HBOS today assumed a spoiler&#39;s role in Santander Central Hispano&#39;s Â£8.3bn takeover of Abbey National by highlighting the Spanish bank&#39;s ties to the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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The Spanish bank poised to take over Abbey National will walk away if the Â£8.2 billion deal is stalled by competition concerns, it was reported today.
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LONDON : Banco Santander Central Hispano (SCH) underlined its determination to win the battle for Abbey National by announcing plans to sell part of its stake in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBoS).
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The European Commission received a protest letter Tuesday from British bank HBOS about the proposed takeover of rival Abbey National by Spain&#39;s largest bank, Santander Central Hispano.
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Abbey National today looked set for Spanish ownership after banking group HBOS declared it was no longer considering a rival bid. Here are the key dates in the long-running saga over the troubled bankâs future.
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James Crosby, chief executive of HBOS, has hired a team of 30 integration experts from KPMG&#39;s transaction services arm to try to make the numbers work for a potential Â£10bn bid for Abbey National.
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James Crosby, chief executive of HBOS Plc, said yesterday he decided not to bid for Abbey National Plc, HBOS&#39;s largest mortgage-banking rival, because ``cold analysis in the head&#39;&#39; told him not to.
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An attempt has failed to wind up the HBOS banking group over overdraft charges owed to some of its customers.