Saturday, April 28, 2007

RBS group threatens hostile offer, ABN opens books

(Reuters) - Three banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland threatened to launch a hostile bid for ABN AMRO in a sign of their growing resolve to elbow aside rival Barclays to secure the world's biggest banking takeover.

In response, ABN lifted a contentious "standstill" condition attached to opening its books to the group, saying it was "committed to exploring the consortium's proposal in a constructive manner."


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