Xstrata investors seen backing Glencore takeoverInvestors in commodities trader Glencore, voted 99.4 per cent in favour of the deal at a meeting in Zug, near Zurich.
21 Nov, 2012, 05.25 AM IST
- Religion remains untouched by recession
Vatican, the seat of the Catholic Church and a city nation, did face some fluctuations, mostly because the dollar depreciated against the e...
10 Sep, 2011, 05.36 AM IST
- Cox&Kings gets Holidaybreak shareholders' nod for acquisition
Travel service provider Cox & Kings said shareholders of UK-based Holidaybreak PLC have approved its proposal to buy out the latter.
05 Sep, 2011, 11.10 PM IST
- Cox & Kings to acquire UK's Holidaybreak for 312 mn pounds
Travel services provider Cox & Kings today said it will acquire UK-based Holidaybreak Plc for an estimated 312 million pounds.
27 Jul, 2011, 10.47 PM IST
- Standard Chartered to raise $ 5.2 bn in rights issue
British bank Standard Chartered PLC surprised the market on Wednesday by asking its shareholders for nearly 3.3 billion pounds ($5.2 billio...
13 Oct, 2010, 04.48 PM IST
- Cadbury: End of an icon brand pains all
The end of Cadbury, a profitable, iconic English brand has touched a raw nationalistic nerve in the UK-sparking off save-Cadbury campaigns ...
20 Jan, 2010, 11.44 AM IST
- Kraft wins over Cadbury with $19.6 bn offer
The bitter sweet saga of Cadbury’s desperate fight to stay independent is finally over, with its board recommending a revised offer from Kr...
20 Jan, 2010, 01.24 AM IST
- Key Cadbury investors want 850 pence a share: Reports
Key Cadbury investors seek Kraft to raise the bid to 850 pence to have any hope of success with the UK chocolate maker.
17 Jan, 2010, 03.50 PM IST
- RBS says bank chief defers chunk of pay package
The head of Royal Bank of Scotland, which is 70 percent owned by the state, has agreed to defer a chunk of his controversial pay package fo...
02 Jul, 2009, 05.03 PM IST
- Britain clears Lloyds-HBOS merger
British business minister Peter Mandelson on Friday cleared a proposed merger between rival banks Lloyds TSB and HBOS, which had been quest...
31 Oct, 2008, 09.44 PM IST
- Informa shares fall after it rejects takeover bid
Shares at Informa PLC, the London-based publisher of Lloyd's List maritime newspaper, fell 6 per cent on Friday after the company rejected ...
05 Sep, 2008, 06.52 PM IST
- Informa shares fall after it rejects takeover bid
Shares at Informa PLC, the London-based publisher of Lloyd's List maritime newspaper, fell 6 per cent after the company rejected a reduced ...
05 Sep, 2008, 04.08 PM IST
- Imperial Energy's board accepts OVL's $2.58 bn offer
OVL, which was drubbed by Chinese companies on many occasions over the past few years, won the approval of Imperial's Board of Directors fo...
26 Aug, 2008, 10.48 PM IST
- Rio wants UK to force a formal bid by BHP
Rio Tinto Group asked UK regulators to force BHP Billiton to turn its $139 billion take-over proposal into a formal bid or drop the offer.
12 Dec, 2007, 02.30 AM IST
- Tatas pick up Corus shares worth $2.3 b
A day after securing the $12.1-billion deal with Corus, Tata Steel is now making sure it is not caught off-guard again a la CSN.
02 Feb, 2007, 04.08 AM IST
- Peter Sands named new StanChart CEO
Standard Chartered, a UK bank that makes two-thirds of its profit in Asia, named finance director Peter Sands as chief executive officer, t...
21 Nov, 2006, 12.00 AM IST
- ET report on Reliance’s stake buy lifts Wood Group shares
Shares of John Wood Group, a UK-oil-field services provider, made their largest gain in five months on Wednesday, after a report in The Eco...
19 Oct, 2006, 03.26 AM IST