Dutch govt advocate favorable to Barclays bid for ABN Amro
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The Dutch government&#39;s legal representative to the supreme court issued an opinion Tuesday potentially favorable to a bid by Barclays for ABN Amro -- a Dutch banking giant also courted by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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An RBS-led group sweetens its bid for Dutch lender ABN Amro, boosting the amount of cash it has offered.
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Dutch bank ABN Amro, at the centre of the biggest takeover in the banking industry, on Sunday confirmed its neutral stance on the rival bids of bank Barclays and the three-bank consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland.
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A Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium will most likely buy ABN AMRO as Barclays' rival offer for the Dutch bank has little chance of matching the consortium's bid financially, ABN's chief executive told Dutch TV on Sunday.
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Business & money: UK-based bank confirms Â£9bn from the governments of China and Singapore will help it finance an improved takeover offer for Dutch rival ABN Amro.
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The Dutch Supreme Court rules that ABN Amro's sale of its LaSalle unit to Bank of America is lawful.
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Barclays raises its offer for the Dutch bank ABN Amro, after striking a deal with China and Singapore.
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ABN AMRO  said on Sunday that it is keeping its neutral stance on competing bids for the Dutch bank as it could not support a break up under the RBS-led  consortium's takeover offer which was financially superior.
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Dutch bank ABN AMRO  can proceed with its $21 billion sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle, the Dutch Supreme Court said on Friday, boosting the prospect Barclays  will succeed in its record takeover of ABN.
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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  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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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, the third-biggest British bank, said that talks to buy a majority stake in South African banking group Absa were progressing well, and forecast an 18-percent rise in annual profits.
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British bank Barclays says it will table a formal Â£45bn offer for Dutch bank ABN Amro within six weeks.
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Shares in Barclays PLC rose Monday following reports that a U.S. hedge fund had bought a stake in the bank and was opposing Barclays' bid to take over ABN Amro Holding NV.
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ABN AMRO's sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle does not need shareholders' approval, a law professor advising the Dutch Supreme Court said on Tuesday, raising the chances of Barclays taking over the Dutch bank.
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A European banking consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland will present a formal takeover offer for Dutch bank ABN Amro on Monday, the chairman of ABN said on Friday.