Group Raises Cash Bid for ABN Amro
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The consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland raised the cash component of its offer to 93 percent from 79 percent.
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A group led by investment bank Goldman  Sachs  raised its bid for Associated British Ports   to 2.58 billion pounds (&#36;4.75 billion) on Thursday,  after a rival team said it might make a counterbid.
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Business & money: Shares jump more than 12% after embattled bank reveals takeover offers.
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Shareholders in British bank Barclays on Friday backed a bid to acquire ABN Amro of The Netherlands after Barclays mangement assured them the deal would not be done at any price.
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Barclays PLC , attempting to wrest ABN Amro Holding NV from a competing offer by Royal Bank of Scotland Group, raised its bid to $93.4 billion after lining up investments from China and Singapore.
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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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Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC sweetened its $98.1 billion offer for ABN Amro Holding NV by increasing the cash portion, seeking to beat Barclays PLC to the world's biggest banking takeover.
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A Goldman Sachs-led  consortium  beat out Australia&#039;s Macquarie Bank  in an auction for  Associated British Ports  after raising its cash offer  for the group to 2.795 billion pound (&#36;5.15 billion).
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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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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Monday kept its offer to buy Dutch bank ABM AMRO at 71.1 billion euros ($97.9 billion) but raised the amount of cash it is offering after having to exclude ABN's U.S. arm from the purchase.
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British bank Barclays sweetened its takeover bid for Dutch rival ABN Amro on Monday by including a cash element as part of a revised informal offer worth 67.5 billion euros (93.3 billion dollars).
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland  has launched a 71.1 billion euro ($95.9 billion) bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO, trumping Britain's Barclays in a battle for the world's biggest bank takeover.
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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&#39;s March  announcement of talks to be sold to Barclays PLC , The  Wall Street Journal reported.
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Shares in Macquarie Bank have risen on speculation the acquisitive Australian outfit was preparing a bid for British utilities giant Thames Water.
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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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A three-bank consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday launched a rival bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro, already the target of a friendly takeover bid by British bank Barclays.
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A European banking consortium under Royal Bank of Scotland, locked in a takeover battle for Dutch group ABN Amro, said Monday it was raising the cash portion of its 71.1-billion-euro bid from 79 to 93 percent.