Domestic deal seen as likely end to Societe Generale debacle: analysts
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Takeover talk swirled around Societe Generale bank on Friday, driving up its shares, with analysts expecting an all-French outcome to the rogue trader debacle.
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France stepped up efforts to restore confidence in the banking system as Societe Generale faced tough questions on Friday over why it failed to prevent the biggest financial dealing scandal in history.
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European equity markets were set for a cautious start on Monday on a light day for corporate earnings releases and economic data.  Attention is expected to focus on the Swedish market after a centre-right alliance proposing tax cuts and privatisation plans won the election, ending 12 years of Social Democrat rule.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets fell as banking shares slid on speculation that French bank Societe Generale may issue a profit warning because of losses linked to US subprime mortgages.
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A trio of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland  will likely make a formal takeover offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO  on Tuesday, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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US authorities are probing Societe Generale and events linked to the trading problems that cost the bank $7.19bn.
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A deeply discounted $8 billion rights  issue from Societe Generale, seen in part as a bid by the  scandal-hit French bank to remain independent, has not  convinced analysts that it will deter predators.
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A deal to simplify the complicated management structure of Franco-German aerospace firm EADS could be imminent, officials say.
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The government is likely to tighten supervision of domestic companies&#39; trading futures on overseas markets after the China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp lost US$550 million from
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The latest rumblings from the U.S.  mortgage debacle is seen turning bond bears timid in the coming  weeks or at least until the extent of contamination from  subprime assets is clear.
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PARIS/LONDON  - France warned foreign banks on Tuesday not to try to grab control of Societe Generale, as speculation of a takeover approach by rival BNP Paribas drove its shares more than 10 percent higher.
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Societe Generale faces growing  embarrassment after it emerged the French bank was warned last  year about the suspect activities of Jerome Kerviel and its key  fraud accusation against the 31-year-old trader collapsed.
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The Tokyo Stock Exchange  is likely to decide to delist scandal-hit Japanese brokerage Nikko Cordial Corp.  on Friday, the Nikkei business daily reported.
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Federal prosecutors are looking for  U.S. ties to French bank Societe Generale's  trading  scandal, for example transactions that went through a U.S.  broker, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Donald Trump&#39;s casino company expects to decided in the next couple of weeks whether it can reach a new debt restructuring deal with bond holders, sell assets or whether Trump will take the company private, executive vice
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Exchange officials warned Societe Generale about rogue trader Jerome Kerviel's deals late last year, a Paris prosecutor said, piling pressure on the French bank to explain why his trades were not discovered sooner.
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French bank Societe Generale faced tough questions on Friday over how it failed to spot the biggest dealing scandal in history in which a lone trader triggered a $7 billion loss under the noses of top executives.