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- Bank of Cyprus rejects Piraeus Bank 'takeover' bid
- NICOSIA AFP — Bank of Cyprus, the island's largest financial institution, rejected an offer of cooperation from Greece's Piraeus Bank, saying it amounted to a takeover bid. In a statement, the bank said its board met to discuss the proposal, but rejected it on grounds that it constituted a direct...
- Research articles 2006-12-20
- AMP warns bank takeover a threat to super.
- Jun 02, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- The AMP CEO, Peter Batchelor, has warned of the dangers involved should AMP be taken over by a major Australian bank. In September 1999, the AMP board rejected a $A20bn takeover bid from ...
- Research articles 2002-06-02
- SHAKEUP DOWN UNDER? Bank takeover bid spurs talk of asset management changes.
- MELBOURNE -- The Australian funds management business appears set for a major shakeup following the A$8.6 billion (U.S.$5.2 billion) takeover bid by Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd. for Colonial Group Ltd., a Melbourne-based financial services gro MELBOURNE -- The Australian funds management business appears set ...
- Research articles 2000-04-03
- Malaysia sees largest bank takeover deal
- KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Malaysia's second largest financial group, Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings, has announced a landmark takeover of Southern Bank in the country's largest-ever corporate deal. The deal, worth 6.7 billion ringgit (1.8 billion dollars) sees Bumiputra-Commerce, through its unit CIMB, offering a price of 4.30 ringgit per Southern Bank...
- Research articles 2006-03-14
- Hamas Setting Stage for West Bank Seizure.
- By WorldNetDaily.com Hamas is setting the stage for a takeover of the West Bank similar to the coup in which the terror group seized control of the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli and Palestinian security officials. Hamas leaders confirmed to WND they...
- Research articles 2007-11-02
- United Kingdom Bank Takeover Bid Sparks Fresh Fear of Branch Closings.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 26 -- High Street banking may be the real loser if Bank of Scotland's takeover of NatWest goes ahead. Experts say consolidation will speed up the wave of branch closures that already threatens one outlet in three....
- Research articles 1999-09-27
- Dutch bank takeover battle nears conclusion
- LONDON AFP — The winner of Europe's biggest-ever banking takeover will be revealed in the coming days, with analysts predicting that a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland will win Dutch lender ABN Amro for about 100 billion dollars. RBS and its British rival Barclays are each set...
- Research articles 2007-10-04
- OPINION: Bank Takeover Struggle Produces Shifting Alliances.
- By Charlie Welsh, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 4--SHIFTING RELATIONSHIPS AND A BANKING LOVE-IN: While Lloyds TSB, Abbey National and Bank of Scotland battle it out in a multi-billion pound takeover struggle that is set to determine the course of...
- Research articles 2001-02-04
- Friendly move puts societies on takeover alert.
- Jul 06, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian Unity is resisting a Macquarie Bank takeover bid. In June 2005 Macquarie made a purchase offer, which the friendly society claimed was unjustifiably low, and later the bank tried to get its hands...
- Research articles 2005-07-06
- Liquidity misery sparks bank takeover talk.
- State intervention may have averted banking collapses, but the liquidity crisis has fuelled takeover rumours John Adams Northern Rock's need to seek emergency Bank of England funding heralded a grim week for the UK's mortgage banks. Shares in Bradford & Bingley, Alliance & Leicester...
- Research articles 2007-09-19
- Markets rally on hopes for bailout, Wachovia takeover
- WASHINGTON AFP — Stock markets rallied Friday as investors looked to the US Congress for quick and final action on a 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout and took heart from a new US bank takeover. Wells Fargo stepped in with a 15-billion-dollar scheme to buy Wachovia, the fourth largest US...
- Research articles 2008-10-03
- Bank Takeover Leaves Ventura County, Calif., with Fewer Local Institutions.
- By Jim McLain, Ventura County Star, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--First Western Bank of Simi Valley will be acquired by San Francisco-based Union Bank of California next year in a $44.6 million cash-and-stock transaction, officials of the two institutions announced Wednesday....
- Research articles 2001-12-20
- Axa welcomes AMP takeover
- A NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK takeover of AMP might actually benefit rival. Axa Asia Pacific, according to Axa chief executive Les Owen. "I think it would give us a significant opportunity to position ourselves almost uniquely," he said. "I can tee you, based on 32 years of experience, financial...
- Research articles 2003-10-31
- Houston-Based Internet Bank Is Sold to Georgia Company.
- By Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 31--In what is being called the first Internet bank takeover, the Houston-based CompuBank is selling its 50,000 customer accounts to Georgia's NetBank. Three-year-old CompuBank, the first Internet bank to receive a...
- Research articles 2001-03-31
- Hamas Setting Up West Bank Takeover.
- By WorldNetDaily.com Security organizations affiliated with Palestinian Authority President Mahm oud Abbas' Fatah organization were "astonished" to discover Hamas has, duri ng the past few months, been setting up a so-called military wing in a West Bank city long dominated by Fatah,...
- Research articles 2007-12-21
- Malaysian bank takeover tipped to stir race tension.
- Feb 14, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- The Malaysia telco, Sapura Holdings, is seeking to acquire Southern Bank. Sapura is owned by an ethnic Malay businessman. There are fears that the acquisition could signal the breaking down of the dominance...
- Research articles 2002-02-13
- Beattie threatens North Bank takeover.
- Nov 13, 2002 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie, has threatened to assume planning control over Brisbane's North Bank area. Beattie says special "call-in" powers would allow him to assume responsibility for the stretch of CBD riverfront property if the...
- Research articles 2002-11-14
- Grudging acceptance of HBOS takeover.
- Aug 25, 2003 (The Australian Financial Markets Newsletter - INSTO - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Shareholders have agreed to a takeover of the Bank of Western Australia. UK-based bank, HBOS, made a $A2.4 billion takeover offer for the bank, through a scheme o Aug 25, 2003...
- Research articles 2003-08-25
- Global News: Wachovia Takeover Of South.(Wachovia Bank N.A.)(SouthTrust of Alabama)
- Wachovia, one of America's biggest banks, has agreed to purchase SouthTrust of Alabama, the US's 31st largest bank, for $14.3bn, in an all-share takeover. The bank that will result from the acquisition will be the fourth biggest US bank by assets and Wachovia, one of America's...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- Deutsche Bank shares leap on takeover rumours.
- Shares in Deutsche Bank leapt 7% late on Thursday, after news that Chuck Prince, chief executive of Citigroup, was in town fuelled rumours of an imminent takeover of Germany's biggest bank.Neither Deutsche nor Citigroup would comment on the rumours b Shares in Deutsche Bank leapt 7%...
- Research articles 2004-03-05
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