The Bank of Scotland said NatWest would remain a separate unit, retaining its name.
The Bank of Scotland PMI report suggested the highest level of business activity for seven months.
Masterton stepped down from the Bank of Scotland in 2001 after it was merged with Halifax.
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The Royal Bank of Scotland was created in 1727, after the Bank of Scotland's monopoly lapsed.
Hartson has scored 28 goals to lead Celtic to the brink of the Bank of Scotland Premier League title.
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The Bank of Scotland (BoS) says it is still in talks with mortgage bank Abbey National about a merger.
The Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs said one in three agencies reported an increase in temp staff billings.
The Bank of Scotland's report on jobs suggested more people were placed into permanent and temp work in October.
The Bank of Scotland's latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) suggested a second successive monthly drop in new business orders.
The Bank of Scotland Labour Market barometer is a method of giving a single figure snapshot of labour market conditions.
The Bank of Scotland Labour Market Barometer gives the job market a single figure to indicate its strength each month.
However, the Bank of Scotland did not offer to up its bid or make any other peace offering, he added.
The Bank of Scotland's purchasing managers index (PMI) said activity in Scotland's private sector economy expanded at a solid pace.
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The Bank of Scotland monthly report, carried out by the Markit financial information firm, found orders down and costs rising.
Nitesh Patel, housing economist at the Bank of Scotland, said first-time buyers failing to get a mortgage were affecting the statistics.
The Bank of Scotland's Purchasing Managers' Index for August, just published, looks "solid", or even "robust", if you're looking at manufacturing.
The Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs found the amount of temporary work has continued to rise but at a slower rate.
The Bank of Scotland's latest business monitor found a slight rise in firms reporting increased turnover in the three months to February.
The incident took place outside a branch of the Bank of Scotland in Almondvale, Livingston, West Lothian, at about 18:10 on Sunday.
The Bank of Scotland report said typical mortgage payments for first-time buyers and home movers account for 20% of disposable earnings in Scotland.
The first Scottish bank notes were issued in 1696 by the Bank of Scotland, but today three banks issue notes in the country.
The Bank of Scotland first-time buyer review tracks housing affordability in nearly 250 local authority areas across the UK, including 26 in Scotland.
The man who sank a bank - the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland - has been stripped of his knighthood.
There has been virtually no growth in the private sector economy amid manufacturing job losses, according to a report by the Bank of Scotland.
When the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Bank of Scotland flashed dirks over England's ailing NatWest, they renewed a feud almost 300 years old.
Nitesh Patel, an economist for the Bank of Scotland, explained that Shetland had performed consistently well in the survey in recent years, across a range of indicators.
Sir James Crosby presided over the creation of the giant bank when it was formed in 2001 from the merger of the Bank of Scotland and the Halifax.
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The survey follows a report released by the Bank of Scotland last week, which suggested Scotland's private sector contracted in September for the first time in 20 months.
RBS' officers hoarded the Bank of Scotland's bank notes, then presented them all at once in a surprise attack, demanding the gold and silver specie that backed them.
Martin Ellis, an economist with the Bank of Scotland, said he expected the gap between growth in the Scottish and UK economies to narrow significantly in the New Year.
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