RBS to Launch Hostile Bid for ABN Amro
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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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Xstrata on Monday launched a hostile bid for the Australian miner WMC Resources in what analysts predicted could turn into an international bidding war as the global hunt for inexpensive resources to supply China intensifies.
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AMSTERDAM - ABN Amro's boards will not recommend either of the two rival takeover bids the Dutch bank has received, they told shareholders yesterday.
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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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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 British bank Barclays and the three-bank consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland.
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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 trio of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland  will on Tuesday provide an update on its plans to bid for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , with a formal offer seen as a strong possibility.
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Britain&#39;s Barclays  has raised  its offer for ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93  billion) and included 37 percent in cash as it seeks to regain  the initiative in the world&#39;s biggest bank takeover battle.
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Shareholders in ABN AMRO   will weigh three key events in the coming week to decide which  of two rival bidders will clinch control of the Dutch bank  after a six-month takeover battle.
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British Energy is to seek approval to delist from the stock market as it fights plans by rebel shareholders to oppose its restructuring plan.
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The Swiss mining company Xstrata began a hostile $5.8 billion bid for the Australian mining company WMC Resources yesterday, in what analysts said could turn into an international bidding war
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A European banking consortium under Royal Bank of Scotland, locked in a takeover battle for Dutch group ABN Amro, said Monday it was raising the cash portion of its 71.1-billion-euro bid from 79 to 93 percent.
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A consortium led by RBS will announce on Tuesday whether it will make a formal offer for ABN Amro.
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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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Barclays PLC , attempting to wrest ABN Amro Holding NV from a competing offer by Royal Bank of Scotland Group, raised its bid to $93.4 billion after lining up investments from China and Singapore.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland has launched a 71.1 billion euro ($95.6 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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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.