Barclays Shares Rise on Merger Talks
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Shares in British bank Barclays PLC pushed higher Monday on media reports that it has held merger talks with U.S. banking giant Wells Fargo &amp; Co.
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Shareholders in British bank Barclays on Friday backed a bid to acquire ABN Amro of The Netherlands after Barclays mangement assured them the deal would not be done at any price.
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European equities were a higher on Wednesday as bank stocks were moved by merger talk, while the broader market took the lead from Wall Street where the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time high.
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Shares in UK pay-TV company BSkyB (BSY.L: Quote, Profile, Research) rose on hopes of a buyout on Wednesday after media mogul Rupert Murdoch spoke of buying out minorities in his News Corp.
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Barclays said on Thursday it was in talks with Absa, South Africa&#39;s largest retail bank, about âa possible recommended partial offer for a majority stakeâ.
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European stocks were higher on Monday as fresh merger talk emerged, boosting the likes of EDP (NYSE:EDP), the Portuguese power generator and Ahold, the Dutch retailer.
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Barclays  is planning to  sweeten its offer for ABN AMRO  after a consortium of  rivals led by Royal Bank of Scotland  revised its bid  for the Dutch bank, the Financial Times said on Tuesday.
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European shares moved higher on Monday, with DaimlerChrysler (NYSE:DCX) leading the carmakers after reports it was in talks with General Motors (NYSE:GM) and other potential suitors over the sale of its US Chrysler division.
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Barclays said it had struck a deal with China Development Bank and Temasek Holdings of Singapore.
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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, said that talks to buy a majority stake in South African banking group Absa were progressing well, and forecast an 18-percent rise in annual profits.
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Barclays, the nation's third-biggest bank, has said that net profit surged by 33 percent to a record 4.571 billion pounds in 2006, lifted by its investment banking arm.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - British bank Barclays's hopes of taking over Dutch rival ABN AMRO won a boost on Tuesday when a court adviser said ABN could sell its U.S. arm without a shareholder vote.
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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, said that talks to buy a majority stake in South African banking group Absa were progressing well and it hoped to make an announcement soon.
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Shares in United Airlines' parent company, UAL Corp., rose yesterday following a published report that it has retained Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to explore strategic options, including possible mergers with other carriers.
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London equities moved higher in opening trade on Thursday, helped by buoyant financial stocks and a fresh set of bid talk.
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Banks and insurers pushed European shares higher on Wednesday, with Britain&#39;s HBOS spearheading the gains on relief it would not be wading into a bidding war for domestic banking peer Abbey.
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Barclays, the UK's third-biggest bank, has said that interim net profits soared 25.3 percent, with strong investment banking offsetting a jump in bad consumer-loan write-offs.