HBoS fires broadside at Spanish galleon
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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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HBO, the U.S. cable network owned by  media conglomerate Time Warner Inc., has launched a  subscription video on demand service in Britain to show such  programmes as "The Sopranos" and "Six Feet Under."
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D-Day is looming for James Crosby. Whether it is this week or next, the chief executive of HBOS does not have very long left to decide whether to launch a counter-bid for Abbey National.
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Tens of thousands of people protested Sunday in northwest Spain against a government plan to privatize part of a money-losing, state-owned shipbuilder.
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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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By STEVE HAWKES  A RYANAIR boss had to be saved by police after a publicity stunt in Spain almost sparked a riot.   Sinead Finn, head of marketing, offered free tickets to anyone turning up in Barcelona's main square on Monday with placards criticising Iberia or supporting Ryanair.
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Spanish bank Santander claimed victory for its 8.7 billion pound (&#36;15.6 billion) agreed takeover of Britain's Abbey National after its most likely rival, UK bank HBOS, pulled out of the race.
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British bank's sharp fall in value makes it vulnerable to takeover by the acquisitive Spanish bank.
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HBOS said Thursday that economic turmoil connected to the global credit crunch has cost the group 180 million pounds.
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Vodafone Group, the world&#39;s largest mobile phone operator, fired the first salvo in the pre-Christmas marketing war today when it announced the full launch of third-generation wireless services.
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Home Office gives dunce-bombers a victory after all British terror-plods will be given real-time access to the massive camera network operated in London to support the Congestion Charge, it has been reported.â¦
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The board of HBOS is due to decide this week whether to bid against Spanish bank Santander for local rival Abbey National, newspapers say, but HBOS declined to comment.
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HBOS , Britain's biggest  mortgage lender, said profits are on track to rise 4 percent  this year but it will take a 180 million pound ($367.7 million)  hit on the value of assets due to the credit crunch, which will  also hurt margins.
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HBOS has dropped plans to bid for Abbey National, dampening hopes of a challenge to Spanish bank Santander&#39;s agreed 8.8 billion pound takeover of Abbey.
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Abbey National today looked set for Spanish ownership after banking group HBOS declared it was no longer considering a rival bid. Here are the key dates in the long-running saga over the troubled bankâs future.
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Britain-based HBOS says it will file a complaint to the European Commission against Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano (SCH) in connection with SCH&#39;s bid to acquire British bank Abbey National
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If James Crosby, chief executive of HBOS, has any lingering doubts about the decision to drop plans to bid for Abbey National and instead go for organic growth, then he should take heart from the following story.