London banks fall on eurozone debt exposure - Financial Times
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:54The most recent takeover speculation in the sector has focused on BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster, after its share price fell in the immediate aftermath of phone hacking scandal at News of the World. News Corp, the US media group which controls News ...
GKN To Buy Stromag Holding For EUR164 Million - Fox Business
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:52LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Engineering firm GKN PLC (GKN.LN) Monday said it has signed an agreement with the shareholders of Stromag Holding GmbH, to acquire the entire issued share capital of the business for EUR164 million, ...
News Corp. Trading at 50% Discount Signals Life Without Murdoch: Real M&A - Bloomberg
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:23“If he stepped down, yeah, probably the stock price would go up, because there's a Murdoch discount.” “There are other people on the management team than Murdoch,” Yacktman said, citing Chase Carey. Still, “You have to have some admiration for Murdoch, ...
'Prove yourself' Burgess tells Havelock board - Scotsman
Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:02Last week he bought a further 75000 shares to take his holding past the 15 per cent mark in the company which has suffered a dramatic fall in its share price in recent years. At the time of the results late last month Prescott had said that Havelock ...
UPDATE 1-Northumbrian gets $3.9 bln cash bid from Li Ka-shing - Reuters
Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:01Northumbrian said on Monday Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings (CKI) had made a proposal of 465 pence per share, a 21 percent premium to Northumbrian's share price before reports of a takeover surfaced last month. Shareholders will also receive a net ...