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• THE INVESTMENT COLUMN: Despite its missteps, BoI is worth holding

  - 2004-05-14

  FOR MANY people, Bank of Ireland is best known for its attempted opportunistic swoop on larger rival Abbey National in 2002. The ill- fated move left the City thinking BoI's management was more like a bunch of extras from Riverdance than an emerging force on the banking scene. ...

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• Bank of Ireland's CEO Defends Unsuccessful Bid for Abbey National.

  - 2002-11-14

  Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• Markets: The week that was: Don't look a gift bull in the mouth

  - 2002-10-20

  "I know it's a bear rally, you know it's a bear rally," muttered one senior Deutsche Bank broker. "Just stop complaining and start taking profits." Traders are superstitious and the 15th anniversary of Black Monday stacked the odds against a rally. But equity markets across the world...

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• Abbey sees off BoI and hires ex-UBS boss as chief executive

  - 2002-10-19

  ABBEY NATIONAL yesterday named Luqman Arnold, previously president of the Swiss bank UBS, as its new chief executive and in the process put an end to its month-long pursuit by Bank of Ireland. The Irish bank announced it "would not proceed with its proposal" for Abbey, after...

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• Abbey National rebuffs pounds 10.3bn BoI bid

  - 2002-10-16

  BANK OF Ireland stepped up its pursuit of its larger rival Abbey National yesterday by appealing direct to Abbey's shareholders, unveiling an indicative price tag of pounds 10.3bn for the UK bank and promising pounds 400m of annual savings from the deal. Abbey, which has already shunned...

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• World markets: London

  - 2002-10-16

  THE FTSE 100 jumped 5 per cent to end at 4,130.3, its highest level for a month, with banks accounting for one-third of the gains after Bank of Ireland detailed its approach for Abbey National. Market watchers said the bid could trigger a raised offer or even a bidding war....

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• BoI pledges pounds 1.5bn cash in Abbey bid

  - 2002-10-14

  BANK OF Ireland will this week appeal direct to shareholders in Abbey National with a pledge to pay a cash premium worth pounds 1bn to pounds 1.5bn if its bid for the UK mortgage bank succeeds. The decision to go over the heads of the Abbey board...

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• Bank of Ireland Woos London's Abbey National Bank.

  - 2002-10-13

  Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• Bank of Ireland to Set Price for Planned Abbey Bid; National Australia Watches.

  - 2002-10-13

  By Miles Costello, Financial Mail on Sunday, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Miles Costello, Financial Mail on Sunday, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• WORLD MARKETS: London

  - 2002-10-10

  THE FTSE 100 firmed 11.9 to end at 3,742.4, with gains in telecoms and financial stocks helping to offset early afternoon losses on Wall Street. BAE Systems, down 8.5 per cent, topped the blue-chip fallers, while the aerospace and auto engineering group GKN fell 7.5 per cent as gloom surrounding...

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