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• Banco Santander Central Hispano to release details of cost cuts.

  - 2004-10-24

  By Ben Wright, The Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 24--Banco Santander Central Hispano is expected to provide more details of the 300 million pounds (432 million euros, $540 million) of cost savings it is planning after acquiring the UK bank,...

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• Banco Santander Central Hispano faces shareholders' ire.

  - 2004-10-17

  By Ben Wright, The Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 17--Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano will come under fire this week from shareholders when it seeks approval for its UKpound 8 billion (E11.6 billion, $14.2 billion) merger with the UK's...

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• FSA set to approve Abbey takeover

  - 2004-10-14

  THE FINANCIAL Services Authority, which is considering the proposed pounds 8.5bn acquisition of Abbey National by Banco Santander Central Hispano, said yesterday it sees "no material impediments" and will give its approval by 12 November, the date when the deal will be completed.

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• Shareholders vote on takeover of Abbey National by Spanish bank.

  - 2004-10-13

  By Nick Goodway, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 13--Quite how many of Abbey National's 1.7 million private shareholders will struggle through the wind and rain to Wembley Conference Centre tomorrow morning is anybody's guess. But the...

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• Spanish trial threatens Abbey bid; Charge of misappropriating funds

  - 2004-08-01

  THE pounds 8.15 billion takeover of Abbey National by Banco Santander Central Hispano BSCH could be scuppered by the City watchdog. The Financial Services Authority FSA is required to ensure the Spanish bank is fit and proper to own a UK bank, according to a spokesman. However,...

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• Abbey ending? European banking.(Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. buys Britain's Abbey National PLC)

  - 2004-07-31

  The meaning or lack of it of Europe's biggest cross-border bank merger WHEN Abbey National, an ailing British high-street bank, rebranded itself last autumn, it took on a new name (out went the "National"), a new look (soothing pastels, fuzzy lettering) and...

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• Spanish bank puts Abbey deal on the table

  - 2004-07-25

  THE future of Abbey National could be decided this week as takeover discussions between senior executives at the London-based mortgage bank and Banco Santander Central Hispano BSCH move towards a resolution over the weekend. Emilio Botin, chairman of Spain's biggest bank, was expected to present a detailed...

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