Barclays chief may see payoff from patience: Varley had a vision as he waited his turn; a thing for Ping Pong
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Barclays PLC chief executive officer John Silvester Varley has persuaded CEO Rijkman Groenink of Netherlands bank ABN AMRO Holding N.V. to consider selling the company to Barclays for approximately $80 b il. This may attract rival bids for either ABN or Barclays itself while the two banks work out purchase details.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2007
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Attention, shoppers: Europe's stores in play
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Bernard Arnault, Carrefour S.A. of France has resigned in a dispute with the Halleys, the controlling family of the department store. Analysts forecast a buyout, the estimated value of the firm is $49 billion. The retailer is second largest worldwide to Wal-Mart Inc. of the United States.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2007
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Shinsei Bank taps future CEO
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Shinsei Bank Ltd. has named Thierry Porte as a leading executive who will eventually be made chief executive. Porte has worked as a career investment banker for Morgan Stanley.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2003
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