Abbey says recovery hit by takeover distraction
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British bank Abbey National said that its share of Britain's mortgage-lending market slipped in the third quarter, blaming the drop on distraction due to its looming takeover by Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano (SCH).
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Stocks fell on Wednesday as concerns  about financing for takeovers hit financial shares, stalling an  earlier rebound.
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Business & money: Bank to see off shareholder revolt but hopes of private-sector rescue dwindle further
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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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Private investors have pulled billions of pounds out of some of the UK's best-known mutual funds in recent months, in a sign of jitters about the downturn in markets and the economy.
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Crippled credit markets earned some reprieve on Thursday as a key bank borrowing rate receded and the pace of deterioration in commercial paper issuance showed signs of abating.
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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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Shares in Regent Inns have plunged more than 20 percent after the bar and comedy clubs operator delayed its annual results, saying it had breached procedures set out in its bank loans.
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BusinessWeek Online - It sounds like a tale of woe for Europe's investment banks. One of the biggest takeover attempts in British retail history -- retail tycoon Philip Green's &#36;17 billion bid for iconic Marks &amp; Spencer Group PLC -- came to naught. A much-anticipated boom in initial public offerings has fizzled. And after a drought that started in 2001, merger-and-acquisition activity remains in a funk. But bankers in Europe's financial capital, the City of London, and its auxiliary, Canary Wharf, aren't crying in their pints. ...
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Takeover news was front and center during the shortened trading week.
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Business & money: The cinema and television studio owner, which hosted the latest James Bond film, said today that filming delays would hit revenues this year. By Katie Allen.
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IT MAY have kept everyone entertained during a particularly dull August for the stock market, but the saga of whether or not HBOS will bid for Abbey National has now turned into a long drawn-out affair - and thereâs still no end in sight.
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Abbey National's long-suffering shareholders meet today to lay the bank to rest by approving a 9 billion pound takeover by Spain's Santander Central Hispano.
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Banking group HBoS yesterday dropped out of contention to buy its historic rival Abbey National, leaving the way clear for the Â£8.
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Marsh & McLennan tries to cut its way to an operational recovery.
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Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano would drop an eight billion pound-plus offer for Abbey National if rival bids result in a drawn-out competition investigation, the Sunday Telegraph reports.
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Santander Central Hispano is expected to announce that headcount at Abbey National will not drop by more than 4,500 in the three years after its takeover, a source familiar with the situation says.