Utility group AWG backs consortium takeover
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Utility firm AWG has said it had agreed a consortium takeover worth 2.213 billion pounds (3.272 billion euros, 4.145 billion dollars) -- but has also received approaches from other bidders.
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The move by the consortium of banks, which is led by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, is intended to help it prevail in a bidding war with Barclays.
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Arch Coal Inc. ACI.N said on  Friday it had completed the acquisition of rival Triton Coal  Co. after a U.S. appeals court denied the government's bid to  block the deal.
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Osprey, an investment group including Canadian, Australian and British firms, said on Monday it was making a 2.2-billion-pound ($4.1 billion) offer for water firm AWG .
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AWG, the owner of Anglian Water, accepts a Â£2.2bn takeover bid from a group led by private equity firm 3i.
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A consortium of foreign companies has resolved a dispute over Kazakhstanâs giant Kashagan oil field.
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Drugs group Warner Chilcott today gave its blessing to a Â£1.62 billion takeover by a private equity consortium. Directors of Warner announced they were recommending an
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Admiral Acquisitions, the Goldman   Sachs-led consortium which is buying Associated British Ports   (AB ports) for 2.8 billion pounds, has launched syndication of   the loan financing backing the buyout, banking sources close to   the deal said on Monday.
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A Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group-led consortium bought NTL Inc.&#39;s antenna towers business in the UK for 1.27 billion pounds ($2.47 billion).
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National Grid Transco, the pipes and pylons company, yesterday announced a Â£6bn deal to sell half its gas distribution business. The move pleased the City but alarmed unions and consumer groups.
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Alcoa Inc. is part of a three-company consortium that will buy a major natural-gas pipeline in Australia for $1.3 billion. The consortium, which includes Diversified Utility &amp; Energy Trusts (DUET) and Alinta
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APN News and Media, the Australian media group, reported a 7 per cent rise in annual profits yesterday, as expected, and reaffirmed its support for a A$2.8bn ([pound]1.1bn) takeover bid from a consortium led by Independent News and Media, publisher of The Independent.
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Chevron has won environmental consent from Western Australia State for the $10.4 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project after agreeing to support conservation programs for a vulnerable species of turtle and other wildlife.
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Asset management company Federated Investors Inc. on Thursday said it will buy Alliance Capital Management Holding LP&#39;s cash management business.
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British group Scottish Power accepted a takeover bid worth 11.6 billion pounds (17.15 billion euros, 22.55 billion dollars) from Spain's second-biggest power company Iberdrola, a move that is set to create Europe's third biggest utility group.
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Australian flag-carrier Qantas said it had received a takeover approach from Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group on behalf of a consortium they represent.
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Barclays Bank wins the backing of most of its investors to go ahead with its takeover of Dutch rival ABN Amro.