Unions meet Barclays over ABN
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Unions seek assurances on jobs in the event of a Barclays' takeover of Dutch bank ABN Amro.
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Britain's Barclays will press ahead with its recommended 63bn euro offer for ABN Amro despite pressure from dissenting investors.
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Dutch bank ABN AMRO can go ahead with its $21 billion sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle Bank to Bank of America, the Dutch Supreme Court said on Friday, boosting the chance that Barclays could succeed in its all-share bid to buy ABN for 64 billion euros ($88 billion).
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Business & money: Royal Bank of Scotland launches new bid for ABN Amro, in an attempt to wrest it away from rival bidder Barclays.
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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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Britain&#39;s Barclays signaled a return to retail banking in South Africa after 18 years&#39; absence, saying it was in talks to buy a majority of the country&#39;s biggest retail lender Absa.
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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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NYSE Euronext   is looking into trading of ABN AMRO Holding NV  securities that took place around the time of the bank's March announcement of talks to be sold to Barclays PLC , The Wall Street Journal reported.
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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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Barclays said on Thursday it was in talks with Absa, South Africa&#39;s largest retail bank, about âa possible recommended partial offer for a majority stakeâ.
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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 said on Wednesday.
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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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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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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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The bidding war for Dutch banking group ABN Amro, which has pitted Britain&#39;s Royal Bank of Scotland against rival Barclays, looms large over the London stock market next week.
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Progress made by Britain's Barclays  in its offer for ABN AMRO demonstrates its ability to offer the Dutch bank's shareholders "certainty and deliverability", Chief Executive John Varley said on Wednesday.
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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.