ABN chief expects LaSalle decision by early July
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The chairman of ABN Amro, at the centre of possibly the biggest takeover battle in banking history expects a supreme court decision about the sale of US subsidiary LaSalle to fall late June, early July, the ANP news agency reported Wednesday.
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Barclays Bank  is confident  of winning the bid battle for Dutch bank ABN AMRO NV  , a senior Barclays executive said on Tuesday.
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Bruce Wasserstein, head of Lazard, could reach an agreement as early as this week with Michel David-Weill, the chairman, extending the deadline for
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A trio of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland  will probably on Tuesday make a formal takeover offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , said sources familiar with the matter on Friday.
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South Africa's biggest retail bank says it is close to announcing a deal for Barclays to take a majority stake in its business.
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The Deutsche Boerse wants to convince London Stock Exchange management over the next two to four weeks to back its offer to buy the business, a supervisory board member told Reuters on Sunday.
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Dutch bank ABN AMRO  can proceed with its $21 billion sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle, the Dutch Supreme Court said on Friday, boosting the prospect Barclays  will succeed in its record takeover of ABN.
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The Dutch Supreme Court will issue its ruling on ABN AMRO's suspended sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle on Friday, July 13, at 0800 GMT, the court said on Tuesday.
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Bank of America Corp  said it will lay off about 2,500 workers in Illinois and 1,500 in Michigan over the next two years in connection with its $21 billion purchase of LaSalle Bank Corp from Dutch bank ABN AMRO Holding NV .
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LONDON -- Barclays PLC , which is competing with Royal Bank of Scotland PLC to buy ABN Amro Holding NV in the largest takeover fight in financial industry history, said yesterday it received approval from Dutch regulators to delay its proposed takeover.
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Bank of America  has accused a  Dutch court of unlawful action by blocking its $21 billion  purchase of ABN AMRO&#39;s  U.S. unit LaSalle Bank in an  appeal filing, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
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The French defense group Thales expects to receive Australian government authorization later this month to acquire the 50 percent stake in ADI of Australia it does not already control, a press report said.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- ABN Amro's sale of its U.S. arm LaSalle to Bank of America was lawful, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled Friday _ overturning a lower court's move blocking the sale and making the $21 billion sale virtually certain to succeed.
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Bank of America Corp  has shelved plans to take ABN AMRO NV  to court, preferring to wait until the Dutch Supreme Court rules on the Dutch bank's sale of its U.S. unit, a Bank of America spokesman said on Friday.
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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 is close to raising enough  finance to carry out its attempted takeover of the Dutch bank, ABN.
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Business & money: Blow for RBS-led consortium as Dutch court rules ABN Amro acted lawfully when it agreed to sell LaSalle to Bank of America without shareholder approval.