Barclays Increases Bid for ABN Amro
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Barclays said it had struck a deal with China Development Bank and Temasek Holdings of Singapore.
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After a group led by the Royal Bank of Scotland raised the cash portion of its offer for ABN, Barclays said it might add cash to its all-share offer.
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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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Shares in Barclays  raced to a record high as speculation mounted that Bank of America  could bid for the UK bank, even though its outgoing chairman sold shares to signal no approach had been made.
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British bank Barclays has raised its offer for ABN AMRO to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) and included some cash, helped by major investment from state authorities in China and Singapore.
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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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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - Royal Bank of Scotland  and its partners have sweetened their 71.1 billion-euro ($98 billion) bid for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , putting in more cash in an attempt to beat rival suitor Barclays .
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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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Barclays will continue its move for ABN Amro despite a share price slump wiping billions off its bid, reports say.
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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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A three-bank consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday launched a rival bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro, already the target of a friendly takeover bid by British bank Barclays.
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Barclays Plc, the UK&#39;s third-biggest lender, may buy control of South African bank Absa Group Ltd. for at least $3 billion to boost its presence in Africa&#39;s biggest economy.
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Barclays PLC , competing to buy ABN Amro Holding NV in the world's biggest banking takeover, may sweeten its $89.3 billion all-stock bid by adding cash.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland  said on Friday it has formally launched its 71.1 billion euro ($98.2 billion) bid for Dutch bank ABN AMRO  as it attempts to beat rival suitor Barclays  to the biggest-ever bank takeover.
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Barclays Bank  is confident of winning the bid battle for Dutch bank ABN AMRO NV , a senior Barclays executive said on Tuesday.
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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's chief executive as saying on Saturday.
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A consortium of banks led by the Royal Bank of Scotland increased the cash portion of its bid for ABN Amro to 93 percent from 79 percent.