Diageo to launch 600 million pound share buyback
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British drinks giant Diageo said that it planned to return 600 million pounds (863 million euros, 1.09 billion dollars) to investors through a share buy-back.
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The London Stock Exchange confirmed Saturday it was buying the Borsa Italiana for 1.6 billion euros (2.15 billion dollars) in shares, according to a joint statement.
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Share sale to fund 'world's biggest fab' expansion plan
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BAE Systems North America Inc. will buy DigitalNet Holdings Inc., for about $600 million, including DigitalNetâs $93.25 million debt, the two companies announced Saturday.
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Diageo PLC, the world's largest producer and distributor of alcoholic drinks, reported a 21.7 percent rise in annual earnings Thursday as strong international sales made up for weak growth in the European market.
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As it reported results on Tuesday, the Vodafone Group, the world&#39;s largest mobile phone operator, said that it would double dividends and increase a share buyback program by Â£1 billion ($1.9 billion).
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General Electric Co., the world&#39;s biggest company by market value, said it will buy back as much as $15 billion in stock and raise its dividend as Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt&#39;s growth strategy generates more cash and profit.
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LONDON - Vodafone Group plans to hand Â£6 billion ($16 billion) back to shareholders this year after doubling half-year and full-year dividends and boosting a multibillion-pound share buyback programme.
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British defense firm BAE Systems has agreed to pay $600 million (333.7 million pounds) for DigitalNet Holdings, a maker of secure Pentagon computer networks, the companies say in a weekend statement.
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Global media giant News Corp announced that it will spend 600 million pounds (1.03 billion dollars) over the next five years on new printing plants for its newspapers in Britain.
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Diageo, the world's biggest maker of alcoholic drinks, has said that its net profit surged by 42 percent to 1.908 billion pounds during its financial year, boosted by strong sales in the United States.
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Credit Suisse will seek to launch a  share buyback plan worth up to 6 billion Swiss francs ($5  billion), it said on Thursday, after reporting a better than  expected 22 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profits.
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Britain's BAE Systems said it had agreed to buy DigitalNet Holdings Inc, a provider of computer networks for the US government, for 600 million dollars (489 million euros) in cash.
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British drinks giant Diageo is set to buy the Chalone Wine Group and will pay around $260m for the Napa-based Californian wine group.
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An investment group is expected to announce Monday that it has struck a deal to buy British water utility AWG PLC  for about $4.12 billion (2.2 billion pounds, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Sunday.
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Vodafone Group Plc plans to hand 6.0 billion pounds ($11.12 billion) back to shareholders this year after doubling half-year and full-year
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Ker-ching. An extra $2.14bn (Â£1.2bn) has landed in the coffers at Diageo, the global drinks giant whose brands include Guinness, Baileys, Johnnie Walker whisky, Gordon&#39;s gin and Smirnoff vodka.