• Reuters

    Spanish bank bosses go head-to-head after BBVA turns hostile

    Sabadell CEO César González-Bueno was in London on Thursday meeting with analysts to champion his bank's success when news landed that rival BBVA was going hostile with its 12.23 billion-euro ($13.2 billion) takeover offer. The surprise move - the first hostile banking takeover bid in Spain since the 1980s - pits the banks' same long-standing executives against each other who tried and failed to negotiate a deal between Spain's second and fourth-largest banks in 2020. After a new approach last month, BBVA Chair Carlos Torres gave his Sabadell counterpart, Josep Oliu, a clear message in a May 5 letter: there would be no improving its all-share offer.

  • The Canadian Press

    Man pleads guilty in hit-and-run that killed 7-year-old Ukrainian girl in Montreal

    MONTREAL — A man who struck and killed a seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee with his car has pleaded guilty to failing to stop after an accident. Juan Manuel Becerra Garcia, 46, entered the plea today at the Montreal courthouse. Seven-year-old Mariia Legenkovska was walking to school with her brother and sister on Dec. 13, 2022, when she was hit by a car. Becerra Garcia drove away from the scene but turned himself in to police later that day. Mariia and her family moved to Montreal in 2022 to esca

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