E.On boosts Endesa bid
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Utility E.On AG said Friday it raised its offer for Spain's Endesa SA to $53.4 billion as it delivered its final bid in a more than year-long takeover saga.
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European stock markets have risen as investors reacted to a series of newspaper reports suggesting possible takeover deals.
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European stocks were higher on Monday as fresh merger talk emerged, boosting the likes of EDP (NYSE:EDP), the Portuguese power generator and Ahold, the Dutch retailer.
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The Spanish financial market regulator CNE slapped conditions Wednesday on the takeover of Spain&#39;s biggest electricity group Endesa by the Italian energy group Enel and Spanish construction company Acciona.
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European shares notched up a fresh  five-month high on Thursday, helped by miners as base metal  prices shot to multi-year peaks and by German utility giant  E.ON  on news of an asset sale in Norway.
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European regulators on Thursday approved the takeover of Spain's largest utility Endesa by Acciona and Italian utility Enel.
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German power firm E.ON says it may settle for a smaller stake in Spanish energy firm Endesa - or even drop its bid altogether.
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Acciona, a Spanish builder, bought 10 percent of Endesa, the countryÂs biggest power company, for 3.4 billion euros ($4.3 billion), throwing a new twist into a takeover battle for Endesa. Acciona said it did not plan to make a takeover bid, but it did not rule out increasing its stake. The 10 percent share matches that of EndesaÂs largest shareholder, Caja Madrid. Endesa is the target of competing takeover bids from E.On of Germany and Gas Natural of Spain. The price Acciona paid for its stake, 32 euros a share, is 26 percent more than E.OnÂs bid, a factor that might force E.On to raise its bid or to withdraw because of the high price, analysts said.
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London Stock Exchange Plc, Europe&#39;s third-largest exchange by market value, said it received a 1.35 billion-pound ($2.6 billion) takeover offer from Deutsche Boerse AG, the second attempt
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Just when E.ON thought its long-planned takeover of Endesa was finally in the bag, its dream of creating a European giant appeared under threat again on Wednesday when Italian rival Enel said it was building up a major stake in the Spanish electricity utility.
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Spanish public works and services group Acciona announced that it had bought 10 percent of Spain's largest electricity company, Endesa, for an estimated 3.38 billion euros (4.33 billion dollars).
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European equity markets were higher on Monday, driven by a combination of firm results, broker upgrades and reports of bid activity.
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E.ON, Germany's largest power producer, has said it plans to submit its final offer for Spanish electricity utility Endesa after rival bidder Gas Natural dropped out of the race.