Pizza king snaps up life fund in record Â£1bn deal
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HUGH OSMOND, the pizza and pub entrepreneur, last night snapped up the closed life fund of HHG, formerly part of Australiaâs AMP, for Â£1.025 billion.
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The founder of Sports Direct earns more than Â£929m after the retailer sets its share sale at the top of its price range.
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Telecoms group BT bolstered its worldwide presence today by unveiling plans for a landmark acquisition costing almost one billion US dollars.
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Premier Foods, the owner of brands such as Branston sauces and Ambrosia, agrees to buy rival RHM for Â£1.2bn.
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An Australian movie director has claimed a new world record after travelling 20,000 kilometers (12,500 miles) to deliver a pizza.
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Saga, the holiday and insurance group for the over-50s, created its first &quot;grey&quot; billionaire yesterday when the company was sold for Â£1.
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BusinessWeek Online - Turns out, the Gherkin was only an appetizer. The distinctive pickle-shaped London skyscraper, designed by Sir Norman Foster, was sold in February by insurer Swiss Re for $1.2 billion, in one of Europe&#39;s biggest-ever real estate deals.
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The businessman, who has made his fortune through investing in pizzas and pubs, is at the head of a consortium buying four closed life insurance businesses, including Pearl Life, for Â£1 billion from HHG.
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Food and drinks entrepreneur Hugh Osmond has bought four life assurance funds for Â£1bn ($1.97bn). Mr Osmond has purchased the brands - Pearl Assurance, NPI, London Life and Provident Life - from financial services group HHG.
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Offer made at talks aimed at resolving election crisis which so far has cost 1,000 lives
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Australia&#39;s S&amp;P/ASX 200 Index rose to a record. Foodland Associated Ltd. surged after Metcash Trading Ltd., the nation&#39;s biggest grocery wholesaler, offered A$846 million ($660 million) for Foodland&#39;s local business.
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Business & money: Britain's best-known Indian food brand is being sold to Associated British Foods in a deal thought to be worth more than Â£100m.
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Â· Â£1.7m sent abroad to families is lostÂ· Boss in 'Bengali Farepak' receives death threats
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Britain is leading the drive to raise money for the victims of the Asian tsunami, with public donations of up to Â£1m an hour.
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Australian building products group James Hardie has agreed to pay $1.1bn (Â£568m) to victims of asbestos-related diseases. The landmark deal could see thousands of people suffering from lung diseases - caused
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Business & money: Â· Drinks group signs Â£460m deal with Ketel OneÂ· Dutch vodka expected to cut into top seller's market
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Hugh Osmond, the entrepreneur better known for investing in the food and drink sector, on Thursday night sealed the UK&#39;s largest closed life assurance deal with the