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Here's one way through the ABN conundrum for Sir Fred, but it is hardly an easy one ; OUTLOOK
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It's never over until it is over, so back comes Sir Fred Goodwin,
chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, with an apparently
higher, and generally more attractive offer for ABN Amro than that
already tabled by Barclays and agreed by the ABN board. This rather
puts Arthur Martinez, the ABN Amro chairman, on the spot, or at
least it would do if he could have any confidence in Sir Fred's
[euro]39 a share cash and shares offer being a real bid.
As it is, Sir Fred has made any off...
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Poker-faced Sir Fred prepares to reveal his hand but the cards are stacked against him ; OUTLOOK
The Independent - London
; Up until now, I've likened the battle for ABN Amro to a game of chess, but now it seems rather to be taking on the characteristics of poker. As things stand, it is hard to see how Sir Fred Goodwin, the chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, can win. He can complain all he likes about
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Sir Fred's head may be part of the price that has to be paid for Royal Bank rights issue
The Independent - London
; OUTLOOK There have long been two views in the City on Sir Fred Goodwin, the chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland. One paints him as an imperious egomaniac whose reckless hubris has placed his bank in such extreme financial danger that it needs to raise some 9bn to 12bn of new equity from
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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A buy-back from Sir Fred's RBS? Something must have changed, even if he insists not; OUTLOOK.(Business)
The Independent (London, England)
; ... executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, were answered yesterday with news of a pounds 1bn buy-back and a 25 per cent increase in the dividend ... Yet it seems to me that with yesterday's buy-back and dividend news, Sir Fred is starting to get the balance about right. If Sir ...
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Sir Fred is still in the game, but it will be an uphill struggle as Barclays plays its ace ; OUTLOOK
The Independent - London
; Check mate? Sir Fred Goodwin, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, will be furiously studying the chess board to see if anything can be salvaged from the wreckage of yesterday's events, but his position looks grave and his bishop and castle need to be brought into play with dispatch if he is
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Stroke claims hi-de-hi camp king Sir Fred Pontin.
The Birmingham Post (England)
; Sir Fred Pontin, the man who founded Pontin's holiday camps, has died aged 93. The leisure mogul whose Bluecoats entertained millions of holidaymakers, died at a hospital in Blackpool. Mike Austin, a former Pontin's director, said Sir Fred was recovering from a stroke but suffered a relapse at
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