Simon Payne
Simon Payne
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The end-of-year rally was overdone ahead of figures that so far haven't surprised. That, together with rising oil prices and weakness in Asia and Wall Street, isn't helping matters.
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Lloyds is rising on speculation that BBVA will make a bid. There's been talk of a tie up between the two for ages. BBVA pulling out of BNL is going to reinforce that rumor.
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All the work and effort in Italy has come to nothing and Gonzalez is going to be under huge pressure to come up with a Plan B. BBVA will now have to look elsewhere abroad, and it needs to do it quickly.