Sunday, July 29, 2007

UPDATE 2-ABN withdraws backing for Barclays bid, profit dips

(Reuters) - AMSTERDAM, July 30 - Dutch bank ABN AMRO
withdrew its recommendation for a takeover offer from Barclays
, leaving it neutral on the competing offers from the
British bank and the higher bid made by Royal Bank of Scotland's
consortium.




The Netherlands' biggest bank, which faces a a 65.6
billion-euro offer from Barclays and a 71
billion-euro offer from the consortium of RBS, Belgium's Fortis
and Spain's Santander , also reported a 7.1
percent decline in its second-quarter net profit on Monday.


Read more at Reuters.com Market News

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