RBS consortium set for ABN bid on Tuesday: sources
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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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Barclays would make a better merger  candidate with ABN AMRO than a bid by a group led by Royal Bank  of Scotland aimed at breaking up the Dutch bank, a Dutch  newspaper quoted ABN&#39;s chief executive as saying on Saturday.
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ABN AMRO's  supervisory board is getting more involved in the Dutch bank's takeover battle after a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland  launched a bid, ABN said on Wednesday.
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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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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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British bank Barclays, which has made a friendly takeover offer for Dutch group ABN Amro, has pledged to invest 20 million euros in the business department of Amsterdam university if it wins the deal, a university spokesman said on Tuesday.
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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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LONDON -- Barclays PLC , which is competing with Royal Bank of Scotland PLC to buy ABN Amro Holding NV in the largest takeover fight in financial industry history, said yesterday it received approval from Dutch regulators to delay its proposed takeover.
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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) -- which is fronting a European consortium&#39;s takeover bid for Dutch giant ABN Amro -- said on Tuesday that first-half earnings would beat market expectations.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - British bank Barclays's hopes of taking over Dutch rival ABN AMRO  won a boost on Tuesday when a court adviser said ABN could sell its U.S. arm without a shareholder vote.
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British bank Barclays has drawn up contingency plans to restructure its all-share offer for Dutch rival ABN Amro with a significant cash sweetener, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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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, Netherlands -- A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC said Tuesday it will launch a hostile bid of 71.1 billion euros ($95.5 billion) for ABN Amro, topping a friendly offer from Barclays PLC and pressing Bank of America Corp. for control of the Dutch bank's U.S. arm.
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SINGAPORE/BEIJING  - Britain's Barclays  is in talks with the governments of China and Singapore to raise 10 billion pounds ($20.6 billion) to help fund its planned purchase of Dutch bank ABN AMRO , the BBC reported on Monday.
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A consortium led by RBS outlines its proposed offer for ABN Amro to rival the agreed offer from Barclays Bank.
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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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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.