Whitbread unveils sell-offs and savings
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Pubs and hotels group Whitbread today unveiled an Â£800 million asset disposal programme and plans to quit its London head office.
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US consumer goods and food giant Sara Lee plans to either sell or spin-off businesses with annual sales worth $8.2bn (Â£4.4bn).
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Staff at Tesco, the UK's largest retailer, are to share a Â£148m windfall as part of its Save As You Earn scheme.
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Tesco PLC, Britain's largest supermarket chain, said Tuesday sales grew 9.6 percent in the 13 weeks ended Nov. 25, a performance slightly dimmed by falling prices for gasoline in line with the international oil market.
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Investors look for deals following Friday's sell-off.
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London - Marks and Spencer, the struggling British retailer, on Monday began buying back more than one quarter of its shares in the biggest tender offer ever seen in Britain.
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Marks and Spencer, the struggling British retailer, began buying back more than one quarter of its shares in the biggest tender offer ever seen in Britain.
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Embattled British bank Northern Rock  is preparing for a sell-off that could see its 100 billion pound ($202 billion) mortgage portfolio divided between the country's other major banks, the Sunday Telegraph said.
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LONDON, October 25  - Marks &amp; Spencer (MA6.ETR) has claimed robust investor demand for its Â£2.3 billion share buyback programme, which has been priced above the market expectations at 362p per share.
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Business & money: Â· Grocer buys Dobbies chain with surprise Â£156m dealÂ· Stores will retain name to avoid 'Tescofication' fears
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The Whitbread leisure group announced on Monday the billion-pound sale of its David Lloyd gymnasium chain to a consortium comprising property firm London Regional Holdings and HBOS.
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German luxury car maker BMW unveiled details Wednesday of a broad cost-savings plan that includes a sharp cut in personnel expenses.
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Northern Foods is to sell its bread, pastry, cakes and flour businesses to Vision Capital for Â£160m.
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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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With news that the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has knocked back a Â£1.35bn offer from its German rival Deutsche Boerse, the ordinary shareholder may be wondering what lies ahead.
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Whitbread, the leisure firm that owns Costa Coffee and David Lloyd, will rejoin the FTSE 100 stock index.
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MARKS &amp; Spencer set the price of its share buyback at 362 pence per share today, in an operation that will see Â£2.3 billion returned to shareholders.