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• SCOTLAND: MOODY'S PLACES B+/AAA RATINGS OF ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND UNDER REVIEW FOR DOWNGRADE.

  - 2008-04-22

  Moody's today placed on review for possible downgrade the B+ Bank Financial Strength Rating and the Aaa senior debt and deposit ratings of Royal Bank of Scotland plc and the Aa1 senior debt rating of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc RBS. The ban...

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• Royal Bank of Scotland consortium strength bid for ABN Amro

  - 2007-07-16

  LONDON AFP — A European banking consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Monday ramped up the cash part of its 71.1-billion-euro bid for Dutch group ABN Amro in an attempt to beat a rival offer from Barclays. RBS, Banco Santander of Spain and Belgian-Dutch group Fortis are...

  Tags: ABN AMRO, Barclays Plc., consortium, FINANCE, RBS, Royal Bank of Scotland, shareholder

• Royal Bank of Scotland upbeat on earnings outlook

  - 2007-06-05

  LONDON AFP — The Royal Bank of Scotland RBS -- which is fronting a European consortium's takeover bid for Dutch giant ABN Amro -- said on Tuesday that first-half earnings would beat market expectations. "The group continues to perform well in 2007 and we expect the rate of underlying...

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• RBS: TARGET IN SIGHT As the Royal Bank of Scotland homes in on

  - 2007-05-06

  PETER de Vries punched the air in triumph and then threw his arms round Jurjen Lemstra. The spectacle-wearing, shorthaired, smart- suited Dutchman had been sitting anxiously in the Amsterdam District Court waiting for the verdict. And when it came, the "absolutely delighted" representative of the VEB shareholders group hugged the...

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• ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND (RBS).

  - 2007-03-09

  With Royal Bank of Scotland's RBS retail banking operation having managed a mere 2 per cent profit hike in 2006 to GBP2.3bn (rising to 5 per cent growth when wealth management profits are included), it's just as well that the group is rather more ...

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• ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND (RBS).

  - 2006-12-29

  With the UK's banks beginning to struggle with a growing bad-debt burden - largely reflecting weakening credit quality in their UK consumer lending books - it came as a pleasant surprise to hear Royal Bank of Scotland RBS suggest that its credit qu With the UK's...

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• RBS senses rich pickings in China link.

  - 2006-12-17

  Byline: Mark Kleinman Dec 17, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Royal Bank of Scotland RBS was widely criticised by investors when it entered the Chinese financial sector in mid-2005. RBS paid Stg900m ($A2.3bn) for a 4.3 per...

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• Royal Bank of Scotland to establish Bahrain operation.

  - 2006-09-27

  Sep. 27--The Central Bank of Bahrain CBB, formerly the Bahrain Monetary Agency, has granted a licence to The Royal Bank of Scotland RBS for establishing a Representative Office in Bahrain. Sep. 27--The Central Bank of Bahrain CBB, formerly the Bahrain Monetary Agency, has granted...

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• ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND (RBS).

  - 2006-08-11

  While Royal Bank of Scotland's RBS figures revealed similar themes to those evident elsewhere in the sector - such as deteriorating credit quality and a slower retail market - they don't appear to be hitting RBS to the same degree. For example, th While Royal...

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• RBS releases few details on its big building.(Royal Bank of Scotland)

  - 2006-03-06

  The Royal Bank of Scotland, which is moving the headquarters for much of its U.S. operations to Washington Boulevard in Stamford, wants to be a "good neighbor" in the words of architect Roger Ferris of Westport of the future building. For n The Royal Bank of...

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