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ABN relents on letting RBS examine books

Royal Bank of Scotland’s efforts to scupper Barclays’ takeover of ABN Amro gained momentum when the Dutch bank dropped preconditions to opening its books and shareholders secured a court hearing over the sale of the lender’s US arm.

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