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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

• Dutch government advocate favorable to Barclays bid for ABN Amro

  - 2007-06-26

  THE HAGUE AFP — The Dutch government's legal representative to the supreme court issued an opinion Tuesday potentially favorable to a bid by British bank Barclays for ABN Amro, a Dutch banking giant also courted by the Royal Bank of Scotland. While only an opinion, the position put forward...

  Tags: ABN AMRO, Barclays Plc., FINANCE, Government, Royal Bank of Scotland, shareholder, SOFTWARE

• 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...

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

• Cover Story: Why RBS needs spin - Despite A Meteoric Rise To Global Powerhouse, The RBS Board Has Managed To Transform Itself From Darling To Demon In The Eyes Of Its Shareholders. Geraldine Lambe Charts The Bank's Fall From Grace.(Royal Bank of Scotland)

  - 2005-11-01

  When is an excellent management team not an excellent management team? When your shareholders don't believe it. Such is the case with Royal Bank of Scotland RBS shareholders, and their jaundiced view was amply displayed when chief executive Sir Fre When is an excellent management team...

  Tags: bank, board, RBS, Royal Bank of Scotland, shareholder

• EGG (EGG).

  - 2005-06-17

  108p - Banks - Rumour has it that US credit-card bank MBNA is to bid about GBP900m for Egg. This represents roughly 109p a share - only slightly above where earlier bid rumours took the shares in recent weeks - which suggests that any bid premium is...

  Tags: bank, dividend, Egg, FINANCE, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Royal Bank of Scotland, shareholder

• Reichmann U-turn may force his resignation.

  - 2003-12-22

  Canary Wharf founder Paul Reichmann faces being ousted from the Docklands property company over a dispute with the board that has left his position 'untenable'.Both executives and non-executives have been incensed by his decision to vote against the sale of two buildings in the Canary Wharf...

  Tags: board, estate, FINANCE, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland, shareholder

• Meridien Hotels to hold crisis talks.

  - 2003-04-30

  Apr 29, 2003 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) International luxury hotel chain, Meridien Hotels, has fallen victim to the downturn in the global tourism industry. The chain's shareholders have passed control to its banks, including Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch. The banks...

  Tags: bank, FINANCE, Lehman Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Nomura International, Royal Bank of Scotland, shareholder

• Royal Bank of Scotland Faces Renewed Shareholder Fury over Executive Pay.

  - 2001-04-10

  By Ruth Sunderland, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Ruth Sunderland, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

  Tags: Daily Mail, Royal Bank of Scotland, shareholder