Monday, April 23, 2007

U.K. FTSE 100 Index Slides, Led by Barclays, AstraZeneca on Takeovers

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index fell, led by Barclays Plc. The bank agreed to buy ABN Amro Holding NV for 67 billion euros ($91 billion) in the world's biggest-ever financial-services takeover.

AstraZeneca Plc dropped after agreeing to acquire the U.S. biotechnology company MedImmune Inc. for $15.2 billion in cash.


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