BRUSSELS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The search was on for a new Belgian prime minister Tuesday after Yves Leterme resigned in the wake of a bank bailout scandal, observers said.
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Banks and governments in Europe scrambled through the weekend to prevent further unraveling of the global financial crisis.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The Dutch government says it is temporarily nationalizing the embattled Benelux bank Fortis after its financial situation proved more dire than expected.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Three European governments seized international bank Fortis Monday in a bailout plan meant to head off panic among investors and depositors, officials said.
LUXEMBOURG, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Shahar Peer, the only seeded player playing Monday, posted a straight-set victory in the $600,000 Fortis Championships in tennis tournament in Luxembourg.
LONDON, July 23 (UPI) -- Barclays PLC upped its bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro Holding NV to $93.3 billion, with investment help from China and Singapore, the British bank said Monday.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 16 (UPI) -- Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC's takeover trio said Monday it had raised the cash component of its $98 billion bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro Holding NV.
LONDON, April 24 (UPI) -- An agreed-upon $91 billion merger of ABN Amro and Barclays of Britain reportedly could be derailed.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, April 13 (UPI) -- Three big European banks have disrupted $80 billion exclusive merger talks between Dutch bank ABN Amro Holding NV and Britain's Barclays PLC, ABN said Friday.
BRUSSELS, June 27 (UPI) -- Belgium's biggest financial services company, Fortis, said Tuesday it is buying Cinergy Marketing & Trading LP from Duke Energy Corp. for $208 million.
MUNICH, Germany, July 12 (UPI) -- German financial giant Allianz AG has teamed up with U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs to acquire a stake in one of China's largest banks.
