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The ongoing credit crunch, generated by the US subprime mishmash can trigger upheaval for the Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium to finance the $95.51bn offer to ABN Amro.
Due to lack of liquidity in the market, hedge funds are believed to have...
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Barclays’ chances for the ABN Amro seem to dwindle after slump in the UK firm’s share price wiping billions off its bid.
Volatility in the market, due to...
made popular Sep 9 2008
RBS-led consortium is climbing step-by-step to ABN Amro. Shareholders in RBS voted overwhelmingly in favor of $97.2bn bid for Amro as 94.5% of RBS shareholders support...
made popular Aug 11 2007
Bidding war for ABN Amro is not ending even after posting a higher bid. Mishmash, in and outside the Dutch bank, is adding worries to RBS-led consortium and...
made popular Aug 6 2007
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has secured $10.4bn (£5.1bn) profit for opening six months of the year.
Bank’s operating pre-tax profit, is up 11%, of which...
made popular Aug 4 2007
Finally, ABN AMRO bows to RBS-led consortium’s competitive bid and decided against recommending RBS and Barclays to shareholders.
Earlier, ABN Amro was formally...
made popular Jul 30 2007
To win the contentious takeover battle for ABN Amro, Barclays is close to an agreement to sell a large stake to Chinese and Singaporean governments, which will raise...
made popular Jul 23 2007
The Qatar investment fund has offered a 600p-a-share for J Sainsbury, valuing the retailer at almost $24.61billion (£12bn), including debt.
This is second bid...
made popular Jul 19 2007
Finally the acquisition for ABN Amro is making way as deal’s moot point has been cleared by the Dutch Supreme Court.
The Dutch Supreme Court has cleared a...
made popular Jul 14 2007
The battle for the ABN AMRO finds no end, as suitors one after the other come in fray and are forced to contemplate as to who the banking giants would merge...
made popular Jul 5 2007
The battle for control of Dutch bank ABN Amro further intensified amid claims and counter-claims by the two major suitors that they represent the best value for the...
made popular Jun 19 2007
Bank of America will wait for the Dutch Supreme Court’s decision to take further action against Dutch-based banking giant ABN AMRO.
ABN AMRO had sold its...
made popular Jun 15 2007
US hedge fund Atticus Capital has recommended the UK based bank, Barclays, to abandon its 65 billion-euro or $87 billion offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO after buying a...
made popular Jun 11 2007
Trade unions across the world have gathered to fight to save the thousands of job cuts resulting from takeovers. Initiative has tightened by the spur of job cut in the...
made popular Jun 4 2007
A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland raised the bid for ABN Amro, offered €71.1billion ($95.6billion), topping the Barclays Plc’s an all-share offer...
made popular May 31 2007
A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland raised the bid for ABN Amro, offered €71.1billion ($95.6billion), topping the Barclays Plc’s an all-share offer of...
made popular May 30 2007
The biggest takeover battle in the banking history, expected to take interesting turn, as a consortium of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC have to revive its bid...
made popular May 26 2007
Barclays plans to submit a formal bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro within six weeks. The British Banking Giant said yesterday that it had plans to table an official offer...
made popular May 24 2007
Popular Unicredit of Italy is planning to buy one time rival Capitalia for approximately $29 billions in shares. This will result in the making of the second biggest...
made popular May 21 2007
The British major Barclays has made an entry into Indian retail banking market. Barclays is in function in Indian market as investment banking in the name of Barclays...
made popular May 18 2007
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AP, Brussels
The Belgian prime minister says French banking giant BNP Paribas will take a majority 75 percent share of troubled bank Fortis NV.
made popular Oct 5 2008
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The Dutch government said Friday it will buy the operations of Fortis NV in the Netherlands for 16.8 billion euros ($23.2 billion) after a previous bailout failed and...
made popular Oct 3 2008
AP, Amsterdam
The Dutch government said Friday it will buy all operations of Fortis NV in the Netherlands for 16.8 billion euros ($23.2 billion) as the troubled bank teetered on the...
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AP, Brussels
The Belgian prime minister says the troubled Dutch-Belgian banking and insurance giant Fortis NV will be partially nationalized.
made popular Sep 28 2008
AP, Brussels
EU Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet and officials from Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg huddled in intense, closed-door talks Sunday night, trying to...
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AP, Amsterdam
Fortis NV says it has named a member of its managing board as chief executive, giving the troubled bank and insurance company its third CEO in as many months.
made popular Sep 26 2008
AP, Amsterdam
Fortis NV plans to raise up to $14.6 billion by selling assets in a move to improve its financial underpinnings, the chief executive of the Dutch-Belgian banking and...
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AP, Amsterdam
Dutch bank Fortis will issue $2.35 billion in new shares and scrap cash dividends for the year to shore up its balance sheet.Fortis was one of three European banks that...
made popular Jun 26 2008
RBS-led consortium is climbing step-by-step to ABN Amro. Shareholders in RBS voted overwhelmingly in favor of $97.2bn bid for Amro as 94.5% of RBS shareholders support...
made popular Aug 11 2007
Bidding war for ABN Amro is not ending even after posting a higher bid. Mishmash, in and outside the Dutch bank, is adding worries to RBS-led consortium and...
made popular Aug 6 2007
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has secured $10.4bn (£5.1bn) profit for opening six months of the year.
Bank’s operating pre-tax profit, is up 11%, of which...
made popular Aug 4 2007
The protracted battle over the acquisition of ABN Amro took a turn for worse for Barclays on Monday. Its rival for the buyout - consortium led by RBS - raised the offer...
made popular Jul 17 2007
The battle for the ABN AMRO finds no end, as suitors one after the other come in fray and are forced to contemplate as to who the banking giants would merge...
made popular Jul 5 2007
A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland raised the bid for ABN Amro, offered €71.1billion ($95.6billion), topping the Barclays Plc’s an all-share offer...
made popular May 31 2007
A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland raised the bid for ABN Amro, offered €71.1billion ($95.6billion), topping the Barclays Plc’s an all-share offer of...
made popular May 30 2007
Barclays plans to submit a formal bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro within six weeks. The British Banking Giant said yesterday that it had plans to table an official offer...
made popular May 24 2007
British bank Barclays and Dutch rival ABN AMRO has finally announced that Barclays has concluded ABN acquisition deal worth just over 67 billion euros or $91.2 billion....
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Luxembourg:
Alain Papiasse, head of Asset Management and Services at BNP Paribas, addresses the media at Fortis Bank headquarters in Luxembourg, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. BNP Paribas officials reassured investors and account holders on Monday their interests in troubled...
