EU Commission taking its time with SCH bid for Abbey National
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The European Commission is taking all the time it needs to rule on Banco Santander Central Hispano&#39;s bid for Abbey National, competition spokeswoman Amelia Torres said Monday.
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European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has given the green light to the UKÂ£8.75bn takeover bid by Spain&#39;s Santander for the UK&#39;s Abbey National.
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The chairman of Santander Central Hispano, the Spanish bank which is bidding for Abbey National, will tell unions today that a successful acquisition by his company will result in less than half the number of ...
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UROPEAN Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has signalled that Brussels is ready to give the green light to Santander&#39;s Â£8.
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The European financial market operator Euronext said it could not yet guarantee making a bid to take over the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
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The RBS-led group seeking to buy the Dutch bank ABN Amro is given until 23 July to make a formal offer.
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Amid reports that the European Commission is poised to approve Oracle&#39;s proposed takeover of PeopleSoft, a spokesperson for the European Union said Friday that the EU&#39;s competition commissioner, Mario Monti, would like to finish the case before he leaves
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Banking group HBoS has been given access to Abbey National&#39;s books it emerged yesterday as the owner of the Halifax said it would complain to the European Commission about Banco Santander&#39;s bid for Abbey.
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Spain&#39;s Banco Santander Central Hispano is expected to announce today that it will cut up to 3,000 jobs at Abbey National if it succeeds with its agreed bid for the UK bank, the Financial Times reported.
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Santander Central Hispano&#39;s Chairman Emilio Botin pledged a year ago to propel the Spanish bank into the world&#39;s top 10 by market capitalisation, an ambition which could now be realised with a bid for Abbey National.
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Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano says the referral of any competing offer for Abbey National to regulators need not mean Santander would pull out of the fray.
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Around 3,000 jobs will be lost at Abbey National if the UK bankâs takeover by Spainâs Santander Central Hispano (SCH) goes ahead, it emerged today.
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HBOS yesterday appealed to the European competition authorities to examine the relationship between Royal Bank of Scotland and Banco Santander Central Hispano, the Spanish bank which has bid Â£8bn for Abbey National.
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Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano would drop an eight billion pound-plus offer for Abbey National if rival bids result in a drawn-out competition investigation, the Sunday Telegraph reports.
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HBOS HBOS.L says it will write to the European Commission to complain about Santander Central Hispano's continuing ties to Royal Bank of Scotland despite the Spanish bank's bid for Abbey National.
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The Office of Fair Trading has set the clock ticking on the process that could see the Barclay brothers&#39; deal to buy the Daily Telegraph reviewed by competition watchdogs.
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Spanish Bank Santander Central Hispano intends to cut about 3,000 jobs at Britain&#39;s Abbey National if its proposed acquisition of the British bank is completed.