Barclays sweetens ABN Amro bid after winning Asian investment
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British bank Barclays sweetened its takeover bid for Dutch rival ABN Amro on Monday by including a cash element as part of a revised informal offer worth 67.5 billion euros (93.3 billion dollars).
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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.
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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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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland  has launched a 71.1 billion euro ($95.7 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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A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland  unveiled a bid for ABN AMRO  on Tueday valued at 38.40 euros per share, worth a total 71.1 billion euros ($95.6 billion).
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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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Dutch bank ABN Amro today reported a 26% rise in net profit for the third quarter to â¬1.05 billion, mainly due to the exceptional gain from the sale of Bank of Asia but the operational results dropped slightly.
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The British bank bidding for ABN Amro, won an endorsement from a Dutch Supreme Court adviser that could help decide in its favor the next step in the banking takeover battle.
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC sweetened its $98.1 billion offer for ABN Amro Holding NV by increasing the cash portion, seeking to beat Barclays PLC to the world's biggest banking takeover.
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Barclays  has drawn up  contingency plans for a big cash sweetener to strengthen its  all-share offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , the Financial  Times reported on Wednesday.
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UK lender Barclays is in talks with South Africa&#39;s Absa about buying a majority stake in the bank. The move would &quot;immediately&quot; boost earnings and profit, and &quot;enhance the bank&#39;s existing successful African operations&quot;, Barclays said.
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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 PLC, which is competing with Royal Bank of Scotland PLC to buy ABN Amro Holding NV in the largest takeover fight in the financial industry's history, said Monday it received approval from Dutch regulators to delay its proposed takeover.
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Barclays Bank wins the backing of most of its investors to go ahead with its takeover of Dutch rival ABN Amro.
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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.
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SHANGHAI/BEIJING  - Barclays  has won regulatory approval to buy into a Chinese trust company, securing a foothold in the country's fast-growing asset management sector, two sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.
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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.