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The happy spender

19 November 2007 By Pierre Briancon

The French mutual bank has paid a top price to enlarge its minority stake in Spain’s Bankinter. The E800m price is high for a deal without synergies. The latest evidence of Agricole s buyatallcosts strategy will do little to restore shaken shareholder confidence.

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