- India may no longer be outsourcing hub as UK companies such as Aviva, BT & Santander move work to home country
A high UK jobless rate coupled with rising costs in India, are driving firms such as Aviva, BT and Santander to move work back home.
14 Jul, 2011, 06.36 AM IST
- Goldman bullish on banks, bond buyers sceptical
Analysts say investors risk ignoring a jump in funding costs that will erode profit.
09 Feb, 2011, 07.21 AM IST
- US IPO market flexes muscle raising $10 bn in 1 day
There is growing evidence that the market for initial public offerings is rebounding after essentially disappearing at the height of the cr...
08 Oct, 2009, 01.32 AM IST
- Banco Santander to raise 7.19 bn euro through rights issue
Spain's banking major Banco Santander SA on Monday said it will raise 7.19 billion euro through issue of shares on rights basis.
10 Nov, 2008, 07.05 PM IST
- Chavez to nationalize Spanish-owned bank
President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he intends to nationalize the Bank of Venezuela, which is owned by the Santander Central Hispano bankin...
01 Aug, 2008, 08.42 AM IST
- Barclays seeks to raise 4 bn pounds from Asia
British bank Barclays was close to raising 4 billion pounds (5 billion euros, $7.8 billion) from several large Asian sovereign investment f...
16 Jun, 2008, 06.07 AM IST
- Fortis shareholders nod ABN takeover
Barclays, the UK bank competing to buy ABN Amro holding, launched an official move to snap up Dutch banking giant ABN Amro on Monday, heral...
07 Aug, 2007, 05.12 AM IST
- Fortis shareholders approve ABN bid
Shareholders of Dutch-Belgian group Fortis on Monday approved a joint takeover bid by the bank for rival Dutch lender ABN Amro in the first...
06 Aug, 2007, 05.09 PM IST
- Shareholders seek probe on takeover
The Dutch shareholders’ association VEB asked an Amsterdam court to order a probe into possible mismanagement at ABN Amro in the bank’s han...
02 Aug, 2007, 01.10 AM IST
- RBS strengthens ABN Amro takeover bid, offers $98 bn
Royal Bank of Scotland 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 fr...
16 Jul, 2007, 03.03 PM IST
- RBS group to issue ABN bid by mid-July
Three banks are seeking to overturn an agreed all-share 64 bn Euro-bid for the Dutch bank by Barclays.
22 Jun, 2007, 12.12 PM IST
- RBS consortium bids record 95.64 bn dlr for ABN Amro
A European consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland launched a record-breaking bid for ABN Amro worth almost $ 100 billion on Tuesday, ...
29 May, 2007, 11.00 PM IST
- RBS group may pitch bid direct to ABN shareholders
Royal Bank of Scotland and its partners considering gatecrashing ABN Amro’s agreed takeover by Barclays are increasingly likely to pitch th...
09 May, 2007, 01.09 AM IST
- ABN Amro rejects RBS consortium’s LaSalle bid
ABN AMRO rejected a $24.5 billion offer for its US bank LaSalle from a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland, but said it would let shar...
08 May, 2007, 12.49 AM IST
- Joint offer values ABN Amro at about 15.3 times 2006 earnings
Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Santander Central Hispano and Fortis have thrown their hats in the ring to buy ABN Amro.
26 Apr, 2007, 03.55 AM IST
- RBS-led troika counters Barclays
A trio of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has proposed a e72-billion ($98 billion) bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro, threatening to th...
26 Apr, 2007, 01.54 AM IST
- Resolution to buy Abbey life funds for $6.7bn
British insurance firm Resolution said it would buy the life insurance activities of Abbey National, the British bank owned by Spanish peer...
08 Jun, 2006, 12.55 PM IST