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		<title><![CDATA[Monthly Competitor Tracker for the Retail Banking Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Oct_15/ai_n30894336]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5420e3/retail_banking_com) has announced the addition of the "Retail Banking Competitor Tracker" report to their offering.  The Retail Banking Competitor Tracker is a monthly product providing updates on key events relating to major and innovative players in the retail banking sector. Covering events such...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fortis statement on DNB decision for EC Remedies sale]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fortis has been informed by De Nederlandsche Bank DNB, the Dutch central bank, that the decision for approval of the sale of several ABN AMRO assets to Deutsche Bank will not be made until further notice, following  further review. DNB referred to the exceptional circumstances on international financial markets,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fortis and Delta Lloyd in talks on the acquisition of 51% of the share capital of ABN AMRO Verzekeringen]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[REGULATED INFORMATION  Fortis and Delta Lloyd in talks on the acquisition of 51% of the share capital of ABN AMRO Verzekeringen  Fortis, ABN AMRO and Delta Lloyd have begun talks on ABN AMRO Verzekeringen AAV. Fortis wants to take over Delta Lloyd's 51% stake in ABN AMRO Verzekeringen....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asset Management Competitor Tracker, January 2008 - Track the Strategies Announced by 50+ of Your Key Competitors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90169) has announced the addition of Asset Management Competitor Tracker, January 2008 to their offering.  This monthly tracker covers product innovation, customer targeting, M&A, partnerships and organic growth activity globally in the asset management space.  Key reasons to purchase this title ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Note to editors: ABN AMRO results of activities acquired by Fortis to be published on 28 February 2008]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 28 February 2008, at 8.00 CET, Fortis will issue a press release to present its pro forma non-consolidated financial results of the ABN AMRO activities it has acquired as part of the consortium bid for ABN AMRO.  The full year results of Fortis will be released on 7...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fortis Confirms Sound Capital and Solvency Position and Unchanged Dividend Policy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update on 2007 profit forecast taking into account very stringent and market consistent sub prime assumptions  In view of recent market speculation, Fortis provides the market with the following information, which was also presented to the regular Fortis Board of Directors meeting of 25 January 2008.  Regarding the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fortis offers first ABN AMRO investment product to customers in Belgium and Luxembourg]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABN AMRO World Bank Eco-3Plus Note  Just three months after the acquisition of ABN AMRO, Fortis Retail Bank will launch a sustainable investment product in collaboration with ABN AMRO Markets and the World Bank as the issuer of the Note for its customers in Belgium and Luxembourg.  In...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fortis raises EUR 210 million from former holders of ABN AMRO preference shares]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fortis today completed an issue of preference shares of Fortis Bank Nederland Holding N.V. These preference shares, which were issued as an alternative measure, were offered to the former holders of non-listed preference shares of ABN AMRO Holding N.V.  A total of EUR 210 million was issued. The preference...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Features & interviews: FTM interview - Arne Lindman - Merging ambition for Asia.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news that a consortium comprising Royal Bank of Scotland RBS,  Fortis and Banco Santander had won the battle with Barclays to take over  ABN Amro marks just the end of the beginning of this long-running saga.  How the victorious parties swallow and digest their respective pieces...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[10 October 2007 - Fortis, RBS and Santander Declare Offer for ABN AMRO Unconditional]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200710/ai_n21030887]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Further to their announcement of 8 October 2007, Fortis, RBS, Santander (collectively, the "Banks") and RFS Holdings have declared wholly unconditional the offer for ABN AMRO ordinary shares and ABN AMRO ADSs (the "Ordinary Shares Offer") and the offer for ABN AMRO Formerly Convertible Preference Shares (the "Preference Shares Offer",...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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