Read more LaSalle stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1783/lasalle.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 23 May 2012 17:08:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/1976/abn-turns-down-rbs-spoiler-offer.htmlSam Gale Rosen<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=3901&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035211' border='0' />Dutch bank ABN Amro has rebuffed a $24 billion offer for its American nephew LaSalle, from a consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland. ABN says the bid was no better than a previous one from Bank of America, and that the Scots had ignored "repeated requests for clarification"...http://www.newser.com/story/1976/abn-turns-down-rbs-spoiler-offer.htmlMon, 07 May 2007 08:01:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/1912/dutch-court-blocks-bank-merger.htmlJ. Kelman<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=3646&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035230' border='0' />A Dutch court has blocked the sale of ABN Amro's LaSalle Bank, throwing Amro's proposed merger with Barclays into jeopardy. The move—which the court says is intended to protect shareholder interests—could spark a new bidding war over the Dutch bank, whose $87.5 billion proposed merger with Barclays...Barclays' John Varley, left, and Rijkman Groenink, chairman of ABN Amro, right, attend a press conference at ABN Amro's headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Monday, April 23, 2007. Barclays PLC said it agreed to buy the Netherlands' ABN Amro Holding NV for 67 billion euro ($91.16 billion) in the largest ever takeover in banking history. The merger will create a bank, headquartered in Amsterdam, with 47 million customers worldwide. The combined entity expects to save 3.5 billion euro ($4.8 billion) annually by 2010. Some 12,800 jobs will be trimmed from a work force of 217,000. (AP Photo/ Evert Elzinga)http://www.newser.com/story/1912/dutch-court-blocks-bank-merger.htmlThu, 03 May 2007 13:47:10 CDT