Dark arts of spin evident in phoney war for Abbey
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THE phoney war over the fate of Abbey grinds on. Along the way, on all sides, it is producing its predictable crop of knowing winks and destabilising nudges.
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LONDON, August 23 (New Ratings) - Abbey National (AYN.ETR) is likely to witness a maximum of 4,500 job losses over the next three years, following its proposed Â£8 billion takeover by Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH).
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HBOS has been granted access to sensitive financial information about Abbey National, indicating the seriousness of the UK bank&#39;s intentions towards its rival.
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Business & money: Which? calls for offenders to be named and shamed.
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Christopher Marloweâs âEdward IIâ tells the story of sexual obsession, religious power and the intersection of the political and personal lives of a flawed leader.
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One of the choreographers associated with the New Dance Group and the children of two others are embroiled in a very modern court battle over who has the right to perform their dances.
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The battle for the U.S. presidency  can be seen as a prize fight gone wild -- one with campaign  stand-ins jumping into the ring to throw punches.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is finding herself in her rivals' cross-hairs.
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Neurosis has its Masonic tendencies. Thereâs an obsession with craft, and with mysticism â or at least the puniness of manâs will against larger forces.
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Squabbling over who served tainted what to whom masks deeper rifts.
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Calculated and ambitious, the attack is striking for how it blended several elements into a slick assault.
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Filmmaker David Yates has brought a darker edge to the latest Harry Potter film -- he tackles the adolescent boy wizard as he walks a thin line between good and evil.
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Irish show jumper Cian O&#39;Connor has accused unnamed enemies of trying to destroy him after a series a dramatic twists in a doping controversy which has threatened his Olympic title.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - Banco Santander&#39;s controversial pursuit of UK mortgage lender Abbey National shows how difficult it can be for Spanish banks to grow outside their borders.
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ANYONE who thought the battle for Marks &amp; Spencer had plumbed the depths of City depravity with its stories of fisticuffs in Baker Street and allegations of interference with mobile phone records may have to draw breath as the banking battle gets serious.
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THE chairman of the Spanish bank bidding to buy Abbey National for 8.5 billion is to face trial on allegations he helped clients evade taxes in the 1980s.
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A battle among deal-making lawyers over money and clients has provided a spectacle for those who thrive on gossip about show business's bloody internal politics.