ABN AMRO keeps neutral stance on competing bids
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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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UK airline British Airways  and U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs  have no current plans to bid for AMR Corp. , parent of American Airlines, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - The takeover battle for ABN AMRO  heated up on Monday with the Royal Bank of Scotland  consortium boosting the cash element of its 71.1 billion-euro ($98 billion) offer.
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ABN AMRO  said on Wednesday its supervisory board is taking a more active role in considering rival offers to buy out the Dutch bank, either of which would result in the biggest-ever banking merger.
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ABN AMRO&#39;s  supervisory board  is getting more involved in the Dutch bank&#39;s takeover battle  after a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland   launched a bid, ABN said on Wednesday.
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A European consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland bid almost 100 billion dollars for Dutch banking group ABN Amro on Tuesday, casting doubt over ABN&#39;s agreed tie-up with British rival Barclays.
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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.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - ABN AMRO  said on Wednesday it would discuss with Barclays  the implications of a bid proposal this week by the consortium seeking to dislodge Barclays as ABN's preferred merger partner.
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Business & money: Consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland is today expected to make a Â£49bn hostile takeover bid for the Dutch bank ABN Amro.
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PeopleSoft has remained defiant in the long-running hostile takeover bid by Oracle, despite &#39;over 60%&#39; of its shareholders coming down in favour of its rival.
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Shareholders in ABN AMRO  will weigh three key events in the coming week to decide which of two rival bidders will clinch control of the Dutch bank after a six-month takeover battle.
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British Airways  and U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs  have no current plans to bid for American Airlines parent AMR Corp. , sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Business & money: Global Radio refuses to rule out higher bid as it attempts to get the rival firm's shareholders on side
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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's bid.
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JOHANNESBURG  -- Initial feedback from Gold Fieldsâs North American and European investors is rejection of the hostile all-share bid by Harmony Gold for its larger rival, which has labeled the offer as âopportunisticâ, Gold Fields chief
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Experts see the bid rejection as a negotiating strategy to elicit a higher offer and not as an attempt to resist a deal at all costs.
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The bidding war for Dutch banking group ABN Amro, which has pitted Britain&#39;s Royal Bank of Scotland against rival Barclays, looms large over the London stock market next week.