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EU banks on massive merger

Britain's third-largest bank, Barclays, is courting Dutch bank ABN AMRO with a nearly $155 billion takeover bid. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the combined company would position itself on the shortlist of the world's largest financial institutions.

- CN

Big bird has no US takers

While Lufthansa and Qantas duked it out to land Airbus' beleaguered jumbo A380 jet in the United States for the first time this week, no American companies indicated plans to invest in the 500-person carrier, which also carries a $300 million price tag.

- CN