sumo
03-20-2007, 10:20 AM
Barclays, the British bank, said Monday that it was in talks with ABN Amro Holding about a possible takeover. Analysts esimated the price of a deal at $80 billion, which could make it the biggest ever in the financial services industry. If this goes through, it will spawn a slew of bank mergers. After all, bigger is better.