Fewer curbs for cross-border bank mergers
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Cross-border banking mergers in the European Union will face fewer regulatory obstacles, after member states and the European parliament on Wednesday agreed to back a law that will curb the powers of central banks to interfere in such deals.
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Setting ground rules for competition is one thing, but seeking to determine outcomes is another. In European antitrust, there is more a doctrine of âreining inâ powerful companies than in the United States.
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Aug 19 - Over 1,500 bank tellers and other employees at Fleet bank branches across the US were given pink slips yesterday as Bank of America wraps up its $48 billion April 2004 merger with FleetBoston Financial, according to the Boston ...
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NEW YORK/LONDON  - Higher interest rates in Europe and growing uncertainty over the cost of borrowing in the United States could slow down parts of the global mergers and acquisitions boom, experts say.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering softening new American corporate governance rules to ease the burden on foreign companies, its chairman said Tuesday.
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A new survey finds most Canadians don&#39;t like the idea of big bank mergers. An Ipsos Reid survey shows that 60 per cent of respondents say it would be in their best interests if the federal government rejects the idea.
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With so few mergers and acquisitions these days and with fees for them shrinking, bankers have found a new way to milk more cash out of deals: working with both buyer and seller.
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Shares in Banca Intesa SpA and Sanpaolo IMI SpA were both down in trading Monday following the weekend announcement that Italy's No. 2 and No. 3 banks will merge to create a national leader with $650 billion in assets, a move expected to usher in an era of consolidation of Italy's fragmented banking sector.
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U.S. stock exchange regulators on   Wednesday issued a statement meant to calm fears in Europe   about U.S. regulatory overreach related to the proposed merger   of the New York Stock Exchange NYX.N and Euronext ENXT.PA.
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The recent woes of Citigroup   have encouraged some investment bankers to talk up the chances  that the biggest U.S. bank might feel pressure to buy a major  U.S. rival, with Wells Fargo & Co.  and even Goldman  Sachs Group  touted as potential merger partners.
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SPANISH bank Santander has offered to cut back its ties with Royal Bank of Scotland in an attempt to avoid a competition inquiry into its bid for Abbey.
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Bank of America's decision makes it easier for legal immigrants to build credit. But critics say it helps illegal migrants.
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The European Commission is rolling back a plan to provide greater protection to investors in the $15 trillion European market for corporate and government bonds, bowing to opposition from the worldÂs biggest banks and the financial regulator in London. The commission, based in Brussels, indicated that it would allow traders to police themselves instead of requiring the same data about bonds as it requires for stocks. The Financial Services Authority said it opposed any rules that required banks to provide current prices or the value of securities they buy and sell.
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Major airlines can&#39;t make their low-cost competitors disappear into thin air, but they can fly away from them, which they are planning to do, to overseas routes where bargain-basement carriers don&#39;t go.
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Higher interest rates in Europe  and growing uncertainty over the cost of borrowing in the  United States could slow down parts of the global mergers and  acquisitions boom, experts say.
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Inflation in the dozen nations sharing the euro slowed more than initially estimated in September as companies reduced prices to lure customers to the stores, offsetting record energy costs.
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Spanish bank Santander SAN.MC would not necessarily drop its 8 billion pound plus bid for Abbey National if another bank entered the fray and sparked a competition probe, it says.