Santander Central Hispano SA, the largest bank in Spain and Latin America, said Monday that it had agreed to buy Abbey National PLC of London for $15.2 billion in Europe’s biggest-ever cross-border ...

LONDON - Now that it has repelled a takeover bid by Lloyds TSB Group PLC, Abbey National PLC is hunting for companies in the United Kingdom as it tries to catch its bigger rivals. Though Britain's ...

LONDON (AP) The government on Tuesday blocked Lloyds TSB Group s $27.9 billion acquisition of mortgage lender Abbey National PLC, arguing the deal would reduce competition and drive up prices in the ...

Resolution PLC03 May 2006 Not for release, distribution or publication into or in the United States,Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa. 3 May 2006 Resolution plc discussions with Abbey National ...

LONDON (AP) _ The government on Tuesday blocked Britain's third-biggest bank, Lloyds TSB Group, from buying mortgage lender Abbey National PLC, arguing that the takeover would be against the public ...