Dutch government advocate favorable to Barclays bid for ABN Amro
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The Dutch government&#39;s legal representative to the supreme court issued an opinion Tuesday potentially favorable to a bid by British bank Barclays for ABN Amro, a Dutch banking giant also courted by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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ABN AMRO's sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle does not need shareholders' approval, a law professor advising the Dutch Supreme Court said on Tuesday, raising the chances of Barclays taking over the Dutch bank.
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The Dutch government&#39;s legal representative to the supreme court issued an opinion Tuesday potentially favorable to a bid by Barclays for ABN Amro -- a Dutch banking giant also courted by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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NYSE Euronext has joined Dutch and British financial authorities in examining trading patterns of ABN Amroâs shares and American depositary receipts just before the multibillion-dollar bidding war over ABN became public, the bank said. âWe have received a request from the NYSE regarding transactions ahead of the announcement of our merger talks with Barclays,â a spokesman, Neil Moorhouse, said, reading a statement. He said ABN was cooperating with the investigation, but could not comment on whether there was any reason to suspect insider trading. The Supreme Court in the Netherlands is expected to make a ruling Friday in the fight between Barclays and a consortium of banks led by the Royal Bank of Scotland to buy ABN Amro for about 71 billion euros ($97.6 billion).
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ABN AMRO  stuck to its  neutral stance on Sunday on competing takeover bids for the  Dutch bank, saying it could not support a break-up under the  financially superior RBS-led  consortium&#39;s bid.
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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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A 98-billion dollar (71 billion euro) bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro from a three-member consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland won the approval Monday of Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos.
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Barclays Bank wins the backing of most of its investors to go ahead with its takeover of Dutch rival ABN Amro.
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ABN AMRO  said on Sunday that it is keeping its neutral stance on competing bids for the Dutch bank as it could not support a break up under the RBS-led  consortium's takeover offer which was financially superior.
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British bank Barclays has raised its offer for ABN AMRO to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) and included some cash, helped by major investment from state authorities in China and Singapore.
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Barclays PLC , competing to buy ABN Amro Holding NV in the world's biggest banking takeover, may sweeten its $89.3 billion all-stock bid by adding cash.
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Business & money: UK-based bank confirms Â£9bn from the governments of China and Singapore will help it finance an improved takeover offer for Dutch rival ABN Amro.
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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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LONDON/BEIJING  - British bank Barclays  raised its bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) on Monday, helped by some of the biggest ever overseas investments by China and Singapore.
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Barclays is close to raising some Â£10bn from China and Singapore to back its takeover of a Dutch bank.
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Barclays declines to comment on a report it may sweeten its Â£44bn offer for Dutch bank ABN Amro.
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China Development Bank and Temasek help with Barclays' bid for ABN.