HBOS walks away from Abbey
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HBOS walked away from a possible bid for Abbey National yesterday, shortening the odds sharply on a Â£8.7 billion recommended offer from Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano being successful.
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LONDON HBOS said on Wednesday that it would not bid for Abbey National, clearing the way for Santander Central Hispano&#39;s Â£8.7 billion takeover of the No.
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LONDON, August 23 (New Ratings) - HBOS Plc (HB7.ETR) is reportedly planning on complaining to the European Commission about the continuing cross-shareholdings between Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH) and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBOS), despite the
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IT MAY have kept everyone entertained during a particularly dull August for the stock market, but the saga of whether or not HBOS will bid for Abbey National has now turned into a long drawn-out affair - and thereâs still no end in sight.
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Unencrypted disc lost in post Bank of Scotland (HBOS) is telling 62,000 customers they could be at risk of identity theft after it stuck an unencrypted disc in the ordinary post, which was subsequently lost.â¦
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European shares traded sideways on Wednesday but banks were a bright spot as Britain's HBOS rallied on relief it would not be wading into a bidding war for domestic peer Abbey.
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BSkyB today looked set to pull its major channels from the Virgin Media cable network at the end of this month after talks collapsed between the two rivals.
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HBOS is considering whether to trump Spanish bank Santander's bid for Abbey, according to newspaper reports.
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LONDON Santander Central Hispano of Spain looked certain to clinch its bid for the British mortgage lender Abbey National, after HBOS, Britain&#39;s biggest home-loan company, said Wednesday it would not counterbid, and after the European Commission cleared
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The name of Court TV is getting disbarred.
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One of Britain's biggest property funds shuts its doors to withdrawals after panic selling
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Abbey National was last night poised to become part of Santander Central Hispano, Spain&#39;s largest bank, after HBOS dramatically dropped plans for a counterbid and the European Commission approved the deal.
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HBOS questioned yesterday the impartiality of the European Union&#39;s competition commissioner, Mario Monti, after he made comments that appeared to be favourable to a bid for Abbey National by the Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano.
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Halifax-to-Bank of Scotland group HBOS today said it had pulled out of a potential takeover battle for Abbey National. The announcement that it will not be bidding clears
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HBOS says it will take a Â£180m write-down because of the credit crunch, but adds earnings will meet forecasts.
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Banking group HBoS has been given access to Abbey National&#39;s books it emerged yesterday as the owner of the Halifax said it would complain to the European Commission about Banco Santander&#39;s bid for Abbey.
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The France-based Eutelsat company has been ordered to stop broadcasting an Arabic television network because of anti-Semitic comments, the BBC said Tuesday.