China could buy stake in Barclays
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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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Investment bank Lehman Brothers  Holdings Inc. is negotiating to buy GLG Partners, a leading  British hedge fund, the Wall Street Journal reported on  Thursday, citing unnamed sources.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc, the UK&#39;s third- biggest bank, agreed to buy Juniper Financial Corp. from Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for $293 million in cash to help expand its credit card business in North America.
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Shares in UK banking group Barclays rise on Monday after a weekend press report said it had held merger talks with Wells Fargo.
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China&#39;s banking regulator said it will provide &quot;active consideration and prior approval&quot; for overseas banks wanting to buy stakes in lenders based in the country&#39;s northeast.
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Barclays PLC , competing to buy ABN Amro Holding NV in the world's biggest banking takeover, may sweeten its $89.3 billion all-stock bid by adding cash.
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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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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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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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Barclays called in two state-backed Asian financial powerhouses on Monday to strengthen its offer for ABN Amro amid a European bidding battle for the Dutch bank worth nearly 100 billion dollars.
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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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HSBC Holdings is in talks to buy Korea First Bank from its controlling shareholder, Newbridge Capital.
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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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Shares in Barclays  climbed for a second day on Friday as speculation mounted that Bank of America  could bid for the UK bank, with a leading analyst saying there could be strong merit to an acquisition.
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LONDON/BEIJING  - British bank Barclays  has raised its bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion), helped by some of the biggest ever overseas investments by China and Singapore.
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Barclays Plc, the UK&#39;s third-biggest lender, may buy control of South African bank Absa Group Ltd. for at least $3 billion to boost its presence in Africa&#39;s biggest economy.
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LONDON/BEIJING  - British bank Barclays  raised its bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) on Monday, helped by some of the biggest ever overseas investments by China and Singapore.