EU Clears Banco Santander Acquisition
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The European Union on Wednesday cleared Banco Santander Central Hispano SA&#39;s acquisition of British rival Abbey National PLC. The takeover raised no competition concerns since the banks operate in different markets, the EU Commission said.
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Cross-border banking mergers in the European Union will face fewer regulatory obstacles, after member states and the European parliament on Wednesday agreed to back a law that will curb the powers of central banks to interfere in such deals.
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Oracle Corp. won European Union approval for its hostile $7.7 billion takeover offer for PeopleSoft Inc., removing the last regulatory hurdle to the bid.
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Spain&#39;s Santander Central Hispano has unwound almost half its 5.5 percent stake in Royal Bank of Scotland as it seeks regulatory approval for its bid for Abbey National.
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The German savings bank federation DSGV on Friday bought the regional Landesbank Berlin (LBB) for 4.62 billion euros (6.1 billion dollars), ending years of uncertainty over its future.
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European Union regulators Friday cleared the purchase of Brazilian pork and poultry producer Seara Alimentos SA by Cargill Inc. of the United States.
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The European Commission on Tuesday approved Oracle Corp.'s  proposed &#36;7.7 billion hostile takeover of rival business software company PeopleSoft Inc. , clearing the last antitrust hurdle to the deal.
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The European Commission on Tuesday cleared Oracle's hostile &#36;7.7 billion bid for rival business-software maker PeopleSoft, lowering the last antitrust hurdle to the contested deal. "There is an absence of sufficient evidence of competitive harm," regulators said in a statement.
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Spanish bank Santander claimed victory for its 8.7 billion pound ($15.6 billion) agreed takeover of Britain's Abbey National after its most likely rival, UK bank HBOS, pulled out of the race.
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The European commission yesterday approved Oracle Corp&#39;s proposed $7.7bn hostile takeover of rival software company PeopleSoft, clearing the last competition hurdle to the deal.
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LONDON : The Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano said it still expects to complete its acquisition of British home-loan specialist Abbey National by the end of this year.
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Santander, Spain's biggest bank, said Friday it had agreed to sell its headquarters in Madrid to a consortium led by British real estate firm Propinvest for 1.9 billion euros (2.8 billion US dollars).
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European Union antitrust regulators on Wednesday approved the acquisition of U.S.-based Solectron Corp. by Singapore's Flextronics International Ltd., saying the $3.6 billion deal did not pose any competition concerns.
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The Dutch Supreme Court rules that ABN Amro's sale of its LaSalle unit to Bank of America is lawful.
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European equity markets were lifted by a rebound in the financial sectors on Tuesday, with Italy's Capitalia leading banks higher after Spain's Santander was reported to be poised to raise its stake to around 5 per cent.
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European regulators said in an  expected move on Tuesday they have no objections to the  proposed $13.8 billion merger between Euronext  and  NYSE , removing a hurdle for the first transatlantic  stock exchange.
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Euronext  and NYSE  won endorsement for their $14 billion merger from European regulators on Tuesday, removing a major hurdle for the first transatlantic stock exchange.