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Australia-based mining company BHP Billiton Ltd. is considering making a rival offer for takeover target Canadian aluminum producer Alcan Inc. The firm has also appointed investment bank Merrill Lynch to explore the possibility of making an offer....
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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 the...
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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...
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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 $2.04bn...
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...
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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 for the...
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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 hurdle to...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 63.8...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
The New York Mercantile Exchange, the world’s largest energy market, is reportedly exploring a sale for about $14.3 billion. Nymex was reported to be holding...
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Pearson, the publisher of The Financial Times, is exploring a rival takeover offer for Dow Jones & Company. Pearson has reportedly discussed a joint offer with...
made popular Jun 16 2007
Sprint Nextel has announced on Wednesday that it is planning to take over affiliate Northern PCS Services in a deal worth $312.5 million, marking the seventh such...
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The Intercontinental Exchange Inc. has stepped up its efforts on Wednesday to block the merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, taking...
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The US Department of Justice on Monday gave the regulatory approval for the two largest American futures exchanges to merge. The department’s antitrust officials...
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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...
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Morgan Stanley, the biggest real estate investor among Wall Street banks, announced that it has agreed to acquire Richard Rainwater’s Crescent Real Estate...
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Clear Channel Communications Inc.’s directors have approved a revised $19.5 billion take over bid from two private equity firms after two big shareholders...
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Mylan’s chief executive Robert Coury has clarified and assured shareholders that the company has not overpaid for the acquisition of Merck. He further added, ‘in...
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Mylan Laboratories has agreed to acquire the generics business of Merck, of Germany, for $6.6 billion in cash, shooting the US firm into the global top three makers of...
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BAE Systems Plc, Europe’s largest military contractor, has raised 750 million pounds or $1.5 billion in a share sale to help fund the acquisition of...
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Clear Channel Communications, the largest US radio broadcaster, said last night that its board has rejected a revised offer by two equity firms that had agreed to buy...
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A Dutch court asked ABN AMRO in its verdict on Thursday to freeze its $21 billion sale of US unit LaSalle Bank. The ruling has dealt a severe blow to its agreed...
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State controlled Norwegian oil firm Statoil has disclosed that it has agreed to make an all-cash offer to acquire Calgary-based North American Oil Sands Corporation, or...
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ABN Amro’s management faced attacks on two fronts at the same time as a Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium sought to mount up the pressure on the Dutch bank...
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In the middle of growing concern and disenchantment among investors that private-equity firms are buying public companies on relatively cheap prices in order to sell...
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The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that it and its partners; Santander of Spain and Fortis of Belgium, believe they could pay around 13 per cent more for ABN than...
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A private equity firm and an Italian billionaire have finally clinched the takeover battle for Britain’s largest drugstore chain, Alliance Boots, marking Europe’s...
made popular Apr 25 2007
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