Monday, April 23, 2007

ABN sale turns trickier
By Carrick Mollenkamp, Edward Taylor and Jason Singer
The Wall Street Journal Europe
23 Apr 2007

For months, plans for the world’s biggest bank merger unfolded at a stately pace between two European chieftains. After quietly polling other European banks, Rijkman Groenink, chief of the Netherlands’ ABN Amro Holding NV, settled on Britain’s... read more...

Thursday, April 19, 2007



Barclays plans for higher ABN Amro bid
HELEN DUNNE
The Business
21 Apr 2007

BARCLAYS has a “number of aces” up its sleeve that will enable the high street bank to offer a higher-than-expected price for ABN Amro, the Dutch bank that it is hopes to acquire, insiders claim. The terms of Barclays’ offer will be revealed early... read more...