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Sunday newspaper round-up: Vodafone, British Energy, Barclays
Sunday 11 May 2008
Vodafone is contemplating a bid for South Africa's third-largest mobile phone group, MTN, a move that could cost as much as £19bn but would transform its presence in some of the world's fastest-growing telecoms markets, says the Sunday Telegraph.
Friday newspaper round-up: British Energy, Balfour Beatty, Minerva
Friday 09 May 2008
French power giant EDF is today expected to table a takeover offer for British Energy in a move that the UK Government hopes will kick-start development of a new generation of nuclear power stations.
Thursday newspaper round-up: Carphone Warehouse, Microsoft, Northern Rock
Thursday 08 May 2008
Charles Dunstone, the multi- millionaire founder of the Carphone Warehouse retail group, will today unveil a £1bn investment from Best Buy, a US company, in an attempt to become one of Europe's dominant retailers, the Telegraph has learned.
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Aberdeen Asset, WPP, BAE Systems
Wednesday 07 May 2008
Aberdeen Asset Management is considering abandoning the UK as its headquarters for tax purposes as speculation mounts that a wave of British fund managers could head for the exit in frustration at Treasury tax changes, reports the Times.
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Barratt Developments, BAE Systems, Brit
Tuesday 06 May 2008
Apollo, the American private equity group, is understood to have approached Barratt Developments to offer to buy a stake in the troubled UK housebuilder, The Times has learnt.
Sunday newspaper round-up: Microsoft, Barclays, Kingfisher
Sunday 04 May 2008
Microsoft Corp walked away from its bid to buy Yahoo Inc last night after the Internet company turned down its offer to raise the price by $5 billion to $47.5 billion, says the Independent on Sunday.
Friday newspaper round-up: Barclays, Capital & Regional, Rank
Friday 02 May 2008
One of Barclays’ most senior executives is set to step down in a sign of the simmering tensions at the top of the UK’s third-biggest bank.
Thursday newspaper round-up: British Energy, BSkyB, Xstrata
Thursday 01 May 2008
Hopes of a bidding war for British Energy were dealt a blow on Wednesday after it emerged that Vattenfall, Suez and Eon were not planning to bid for the UK nuclear group, says the FT.
Wednesday newspaper round-up: BG, Aviva, Unilever
Wednesday 30 Apr 2008
BG Group, the UK oil and gas exploration group, has made an unsolicited takeover offer to buy Origin Energy that values Australia’s second-biggest electricity and gas retailer at A$12.9bn ($12bn), reports the FT.
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Tesco, Eurotunnel, British Airways
Tuesday 29 Apr 2008
Northern Rock breached capital rules six months before its collapse, yet failed to tell shareholders and continued to be given favourable “light touch” treatment by financial regulators, it emerged yesterday.
Monday newspaper round-up: HBOS, BP, Numis
Monday 28 Apr 2008
HBOS was last night drawing up plans for a rights issue raising up to £4bn of fresh capital after taking the view that it wants a big cushion of capital as Britain enters a housing downturn.
Sunday newspaper round-up: HBOS, Senior, Land Securities
Sunday 27 Apr 2008
The board of HBOS will meet tomorrow to decide whether to approve a multi-billion-pound rights issue to repair the bank’s balance sheet, according to the Sunday Times.
Friday newspaper round-up: Tobacco companies, Northern Rock, Barclays
Friday 25 Apr 2008
The competition watchdog is on Friday expected to unveil wide-ranging allegations of cigarette price-fixing involving tobacco companies and retailers, days after it was forced to make a humiliating apology over incorrect accusations in another antitrust probe, reports the FT.
Thursday newspaper round-up: Royal Bank of Scotland, BAE Systems, BT
Thursday 24 Apr 2008
Shareholders in Royal Bank of Scotland on Wednesday won better terms for sub-underwriting its £12bn rights issue after complaining that investment banks underwriting the cash call were making too much money after passing on much of the risk, says the FT.
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Royal Bank of Scotland, BHP Billiton, X5
Wednesday 23 Apr 2008
Hopes that the Bank of England will slash interest rates have been undermined after a key policymaker hinted that the Bank's rescue plan for credit markets will free it up to use rates to fight inflation, reports the Telegraph.
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Mervyn King, Melrose, Shire
Tuesday 22 Apr 2008
More British banks are poised to tap shareholders for billions of pounds in emergency capital, Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England, revealed yesterday, reports the Times.
Monday newspaper round-up: £50bn banks bail-out, Royal Bank of Scotland, Moss Bros
Monday 21 Apr 2008
An unprecedented £50bn injection to bail out Britain’s ailing banking system could be doubled if it fails to stave off a collapse in the housing market, writes the Times.
Sunday newspaper round-up: RBS, Barclays, Close Brothers
Sunday 20 Apr 2008
Sir Fred Goodwin, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, held secret talks with the City regulator over a multibillion pound rights issue days before he reveals that the group has racked up £6bn of losses from the turmoil in the credit markets, says the Sunday Telegraph.
Friday newspaper round-up: RBS, Land Securities, M&B
Friday 18 Apr 2008
The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering launching a massive rights issue to rebuild its capital reserves, a sharp reversal of its previous position that could trigger a wave of similar offerings by other lenders, writes the FT.
Thursday newspaper round-up: Br Energy, Vodafone, Barclays
Thursday 17 Apr 2008
The German power giant RWE has teamed up with Vattenfall, of Sweden, to bid for British Energy, the Times has learnt.

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