Brussels, 19/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has announced that it "takes note" of the decision of the Swedish banks Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) and FoereningsSparbanken (FSB) withdrawing notification of their planned merger. In its press release, the Commission says it is surprised by the decision of the two banks, stressing that the investigation it had begun was at an early stage and that the parties still had a sufficient margin of time to find a solution to the...