Hedge fund warns Barclays off 'inferior' ABN
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Business & money: 9.30am: Shares in the bank jumped almost 3% after recommendation.
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ABN AMRO , which received two  revised offers from rival bidders Barclays  and a  consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland , said on  Monday that it will evaluate both offers in &quot;a fair and  transparent manner.&quot;
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New York activist hedge fund Atticus Capital LP has acquired shares of British bank Barclays Plc  and is pushing the bank to drop its 63 billion-euro ($84.6 billion) bid for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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Barclays&#39; surprise announcement that costs will rise faster than expected next year as it beefs up its key investment bank and credit card division sent its shares lower yesterday.
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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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Barclays  is planning to  sweeten its offer for ABN AMRO  after a consortium of  rivals led by Royal Bank of Scotland  revised its bid  for the Dutch bank, the Financial Times said on Tuesday.
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Barclays Bank Plc  on  Wednesday accused Bear Stearns Co Inc  of using two  hedge funds that collapsed last summer as places to unload  troubled assets.
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The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday lifted a major obstacle to a bid by Barclays of Britain to buy ABN Amro, ruling that ABN could sell its US subsidiary without shareholder approval.
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Barclays will continue its move for ABN Amro despite a share price slump wiping billions off its bid, reports say.
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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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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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UBS AG  has appealed to its shareholders to back a capital injection by the Singapore government and a Middle East investor but warned it still cannot predict how the subprime crisis will play out.
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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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Britain's Barclays  has raised its offer for ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) and included a cash element as it seeks to regain the initiative in the world's biggest bank takeover battle.
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Barclays is close to raising enough  finance to carry out its attempted takeover of the Dutch bank, ABN.
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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.