SCH shareholders approve Abbey National takeover
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Shareholders of Spain's largest bank, Banco Santander Central, approved the 8.5-billion-pound (12.3-billion-euro, 15.3-billion-dollar) takeover of British mortgage bank Abbey National.
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Abbey National shareholders will no longer need to fill in complex Spanish tax forms if BSCH's bid to buy the UK firm succeeds.
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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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LONDON/MADRID  - Spanish bank Santander claimed  victory for its 8.7 billion pound ($15.6 billion) agreed  takeover of Britain's Abbey National after its most likely  rival, UK bank HBOS, pulled out of the race.
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Shareholders of Deutsche Bank AG&#39;s three Australian real estate investment trusts approved aA$3.3 billion ($2.4 billion) merger of the funds and a plan to buy $1 billion of US industrial property assets.
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LONDON - HBOS says it has decided against bidding for the British mortgage bank Abbey National, clearing the way for an agreed offer from Spain&#39;s Banco Santander Central Hispano (SCH).
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Alcatel CGEP.PA shareholders on   Thursday approved the French telecoms equipment provider's   all-share acquisition of U.S. rival Lucent LU.N, putting an   end to weeks of debates about the deal's merits.
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Brewer Scottish & Newcastle said Friday it had accepted a 7.8 billion pound takeover bid by Carlsberg of Denmark and Heineken of the Netherlands.
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Shareholders in Abbey National PLC voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve the bank's nearly &#36;15 billion acquisition by Santander Central Hispano of Spain.
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Carlsberg and Heineken on Friday finally agreed a cash bid of 7.8 billion pounds ($15.3 billion) to buy and break up Scottish and Newcastle (S&N)  to boost the Danish brewer's position in Russia and the Dutch group's presence in western Europe.
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Santander, Spain - Shareholders of Spain&#39;s largest bank, Banco Santander Central, on Thursday approved the Â£8,5-billion takeover of British mortgage bank Abbey National.
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Spain's biggest bank Banco Santander Central Hispano (SCH) said it was finalising its acquisition of Britain's Abbey National to create the world's tenth-largest bank.
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The new owners of Abbey National, Banco Santander Central Hispano, yesterday appointed their own man to head up their Â£9.1bn acquisition and pledged not to close any of Abbey&#39;s 740 branches.
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Corus shareholders overwhelmingly vote to accept a Â£5.75bn takeover offer from Indian firm Tata Steel.
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Spain&#39;s Santander Central Hispano has claimed victory with its bid for Abbey National after HBOS, seen as the most likely rival suitor, backed out of the race.
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Carlsberg and Heineken on Friday finally agreed a cash bid of 7.8 billion pounds ($15.3 billion) to buy and break up Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) to boost the Danish brewer's position in Russia and the Dutch group's presence in western Europe.
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The merger of the energy operations of Norway's oil giant Statoil and Norsk Hydro is approved by shareholders.