After those mind-blowing results a fortnight ago, the fun loving folk at Royal Bank of Scotland have been partying non-stop and, in our view, they deserve every last drop of vintage champagne. Of course, the rumour mills in New York, Edinburgh and London have been spreading wild stories about RBS's next acquisition targets. Unlike Barclays in the UK and those lovely French banks who are too timid by half, RBS not only knows how to complete acquisitions but, more importantly, knows how to make them work.
March 05, 2004