Absa Says Stake-Sale Talks With Barclays Progressing
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Absa Group Ltd., South Africa&#39;s fourth- biggest bank, said talks to sell a controlling stake to Barclays Plc, the UK&#39;s No.
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Britain&#39;s Barclays signaled a return to retail banking in South Africa after 18 years&#39; absence, saying it was in talks to buy a majority of the country&#39;s biggest retail lender Absa.
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Johannesburg - Britain&#39;s Barclays yesterday signalled a return to retail banking in South Africa after an absence of 18 years, saying it was in talks to buy a controlling stake in Absa, the country&#39;s biggest retail lender.
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British bank Barclays, which has made a friendly takeover offer for Dutch group ABN Amro, has pledged to invest 20 million euros in the business department of Amsterdam university if it wins the deal, a university spokesman said on Tuesday.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Barclays will raise its offer for ABN Amro to $93.2 billion, with help from two Asian financial partners, in the face of a rival bid led by the Royal Bank of Scotland, the British bank said Monday.
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Shares in Barclays PLC rose Monday following reports that a U.S. hedge fund had bought a stake in the bank and was opposing Barclays' bid to take over ABN Amro Holding NV.
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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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UK bank Alliance & Leicester held talks last month about a possible takeover by Spanish bank Santander, reports say.
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Britain's Barclays  is in talks with the governments of China and Singapore to raise 10 billion pounds ($20.6 billion) to help fund its planned purchase of Dutch bank ABN AMRO , the BBC reported on Monday.
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Barclays  has drawn up contingency plans for a big cash sweetener to strengthen its all-share offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , the Financial Times said on 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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ABN Amro does not need shareholder approval to sell its U S arm, a Dutch government lawyer said yesterday in an advisory opinion that increases the chances that ABN will ultimately be bought by Barclays.
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NYSE Euronext   is looking into trading of ABN AMRO Holding NV  securities that took place around the time of the bank's March announcement of talks to be sold to Barclays PLC , The Wall Street Journal reported.
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AFX reports from London that the bank said talks are at an early stage and that it would not issue new equity to fund the potential purchase.
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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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British bank Barclays  is confident of winning the takeover battle for ABN AMRO  and expects the Dutch bank's contested sale of its U.S. business to be allowed, its president said on Friday.