ABN Amro Holding NV, the target in the world’s biggest banking takeover battle, withdrew its support for Barclays PLC’s offer Monday because of a higher bid from a group led by Royal Bank of Scotland ...

STEAK AND FISH were the entrees for the business and political leaders who attended Thursday’s luncheon at the Brooklyn Museum to hear Nets executives announce that Barclays will pay more than $300 ...

Shares in Barclaysclimbed on Wednesday as Britain's third-biggest bank moved more quickly to agreeing to an $80 billion takeover of its Dutch target ABN AMROthan many had expected. Barclays' chances ...

U.S. hedge fund Atticus Capital is urging Barclays to drop its 65 billion-euro ($87 billion) bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro after buying a significant stake in the British bank. Atticus said in a letter ...

Barclays PLC, which is competing with a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC to buy ABN Amro Holding NV, has won regulatory approval to delay filing offer documents until after a court ...

Despite last year's advance, shares of Barclays have further room to run in 2007. Of course, part of these gains can be attributed to rumors of a possible bid for Barclays by U.S. banking behemoth ...

LONDON - Hedge fund Seacliff Capital has joined forces with Atticus Capital, another hedge fund, to oppose Barclays proposed purchase of Dutch firm ABN Amro (See: "Activists Slate Barclays On ABN Amro ...

The price is right at a shade more than $300 million. That is the princely sum that Barclays Bank has agreed to shell out for naming Brooklyn’s yet-to-be built NBA basketball arena after the ...

Doug Krizner: Subprime doom and gloom seems to be lifting a little in Britain. One of the biggest banks in the U.K., Barclays, just released upbeat news. From London, Stephen Beard reports. Stephen ...

New Century Financial of Irvine said today Barclays Bank agreed to release it from an obligation to take back $900 million in loans. In return, New Century agreed to give up rights to any loans funded ...