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SPOTLIGHT: RBS CEO

April 24, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Fortune notes that Fred Goodwin, CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland, is known as Fred the Shred because of his penchant for keeping costs low. Shareholders have other epithets after the bank was forced... Read more...

European banks bent on more capital

April 23, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Now this is eye popping: Royal Bank of Scotland has announced a $24 billion sale of stock, the biggest offering in British corporate history, according to the AP. The new capital is sorely needed to... Read more...

China a new player in world financial services?

July 23, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Perhaps it was inevitable that China would enter the financial services arena. Perhaps we'll look back some day and say the country's $3 billion investment in the Blackstone Group was the first... Read more...

RBS sweetens bid for ABN Amro

July 15, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

You've got to wonder about the new bid by the Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium for ABN Amro. It said all along that LaSalle was the main prize in its efforts to buy the Dutch giant; it... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Goldman Sachs vs. Merrill Lynch in Italy; Carlyle to invest in Taiwanese bank; and much more...

July 11, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Company News:
> Carlyle to invest in Taiwanese bank. Article
> Goldman vs. Merrill in Italy. Read more...

Bank of America, RBS no longer talking

June 5, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

An ABN Amro update: It's still unclear who will emerge the victor in what would be the largest deal in... Read more...

RBS ups the stakes in ABN Amro battle

May 29, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

The battle for Dutch financial giant ABN Amro got a bit more interesting when Royal Bank of Scotland... Read more...

ABN Amro situation still murky

May 7, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

So who will win ABN Amro? The picture is still fuzzy. The Dutch banking giant, the target of a heated battle... Read more...

Prudential puts research unit up for sale

May 3, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

We noted recently Prudential's move to revive the Bache brand. Another move: Prudential Equity is apparently intent on selling its Prudential Equity Research group for as much as $450 million.... Read more...

Big personalities in banking battle

May 2, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

The near-$100 billion battle for ABN Amro features a blue blood vs. a blue collar. In one corner, John Varley, CEO of Barclays, Oxford-educated, from a family of long-standing historic repute in... Read more...

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