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The Motley Fool May 3, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: ABN and Barclays Get Tripped Up A Dutch court blocks the sale of ABN's U.S. banking business to Bank of America.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007 Rich Duprey	Will Barclays Boost Bankers' Bid? A competing offer for banking giant ABN AMRO is sweetened, but not raised. Whichever bid ultimately wins out, the deal will be the largest banking merger ever, surpassing even the $57 billion deal that created Bank of America.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: Barclays Plays the China Card China Development Bank and Temasek help with Barclays' bid for ABN. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	ABN's Complicated Love Life A British financial services group and a Dutch bank end up in a bizarre love triangle, and delivering strong results as well. Investors, take note.
Wall Street & Technology May 30, 2007 Paul McDougall	Barclays Risks ABN AMRO Acquisition To Move More Than 10,000 Positions Offshore Barclays' $91 billion offer to buy ABN AMRO would create annual savings of $4.75 billion by 2010, according to Barclays. Part of those savings would be achieved through lower, outsourced labor costs.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Quick Take: Who Wins in the ABN Deal? Barclays withdraws its offer for ABN Amro, meaning that the consortium of RBS, Fortis, and Banco Santander is now on track to move in. Who stands to gain in this complicated deal?
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Bank of America Is Outbanked Bank of America managed to post a nice net income increase during its second quarter, but only half as much as some of its competitors.
U.S. Banker November 2008 Michael Dumiak	Barclays Plc's Newfound Sway In the New World Barclays is open for business in America with 10,000 new employees taken from Lehman Brothers and observers are mulling how the new-look Barclays will be positioned in the U.S.
BusinessWeek April 2, 2007 Carol Matlack	The Smart Money Is Chasing Euro Deals Investors from both sides of the pond are on an "Easter egg hunt" for potential plays.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2004 Roger Nusbaum	A Different Look at iShares British bank Barclays' iShares exchange traded funds may make a good investment in more ways than one. While shareholders wait for the ETF industry to continue to evolve they will collect Barclays' 2.75% dividend yield.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: Barclays Steals One From Regions Barclay's redoes its deal for Region Financial's subprime business and gets a fat discount. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool May 9, 2007 Tom Taulli	Lazard's Laser Focus Lazard's CEO says his firm's business model is simple: corporate advisory on one side, asset management on the other. Both segments have been strong growth drivers -- but investors have already baked much of that growth into the stock price.
BusinessWeek February 23, 2004 David Fairlamb	Bargain-Sniffing In The States European banks are once again shopping aggressively for American acquisitions.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Should Investors Go Dutch? While ABN Amro is trying to find a balance between growth and value, investors can collect a fair dividend.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2008 Todd Wenning	Royal Bank of Scotland's Right Royal Mess Royal Bank of Scotland is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Its 12 billion rights issue was the biggest in U.K. corporate history, and now, it reveals its first loss in 40 years.
U.S. Banker November 2007 Anthony Malakian	M&A Activity: BofA Succumbs to Pressure From Community Activists After six months of pestering Bank of America to make concessions in the communities served by LaSalle Bank, community groups finally scored a partial victory.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Dueling Fools: Private Equity Bull Rebuttal Private equity deals aren't without their warts, but they're still benefiting investors.
BusinessWeek May 7, 2007 Stanley Reed	Europe: The Making Of A Monolith ABN AMRO signals the euro zone's superpower status.
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InternetNews September 1, 2005 Jim Wagner	IBM Banks on Deal with Dutch IBM scored a big victory for its IT outsourcing division with a five-year, $1.87 billion contract with ABN AMRO.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2007 Emil Lee	Foolish Forecast: Bank of America Goes Organic The banking giant will report its first-quarter 2007 financial results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
U.S. Banker September 2007 Michael Dumiak	She Came, But Can She Conquer? (maybe) Deanna Oppenheimer, one of the most high-profile bankers in America, has spent the last two years remaking the UK retail business at Barclays, one of the largest financial companies in the world. They arrive together at a crucial crossroads.
BusinessWeek September 25, 2008	Europe's Deep Pockets Prudence - or stricter regulations - has left European players in enviable shape.
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The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Barclays' Juggernaut Keeps Rolling Barclays' fee businesses continue to power growth. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The Deal Market Hasn't Dried Up Yet Private equity may have cooled but deals are still getting done.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Rich Smith	People's Bank Joins the Butterfingers Gang The best solution to the ever-prevalent mishandling of personal records would be for all banks to follow ABN AMRO's lead and commit to cease mailing clients' personal information by non-secure couriers, and to make all future data transfers via encrypted electronic transfer.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Emil Lee	Fight for Your Rights Offering The key to rights offerings is not to make mistakes. Even if you don't want additional shares, make sure you manage your rights in a way that won't cost you money.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2007 Will Frankenhoff	Time to Bank on Barclays Despite last year's advance, shares of Barclays have further room to run in 2007.
Investment Advisor July 2009 James J. Green	Black Rock in $13.5 Billion for Barclays Global BlackRock Inc. will acquire Barclays Global Investors for $6.6 billion in cash and 37.8 million shares of BlackRock common stock and equivalents.
Wall Street & Technology January 23, 2007 Paul Allen	Firms Ready to Dive Into China's Financial Markets The opening of the huge Chinese financial services sector to foreign-based institutions presents a gamut of opportunities -- whether in retail and corporate banking, investment banking or asset management -- for North American and European firms.
Bank Technology News December 2007	Custody: Remaining Active in Corporate Actions Large institutions face mounting challenges around the management of their positions in a global environment, and custodians such as JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services are starting to innovate.
U.S. Banker August 2004 John Engen	Conquerors, Come All Capital-rich foreign banks are scouring the U.S. in search of targets to offset tough growth prospects at home. Someday soon, the notion of banking as a merely national, not global, endeavor might seem quaint.
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Bank Systems & Technology August 30, 2005 Judy Ward	Working Smarter To increase its productivity of U.S. lockbox operations, Amsterdam-based ABN AMRO Bank used Demos Solutions' consulting services and StaffSmart Enterprise workforce-management software.
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BusinessWeek May 14, 2007 Gene G. Marcial	A Bank To Bank On Bank of America is a good defensive stock that has lagged the rally.
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