Lastminute owner agrees takeover
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The US firm which owns online retailer Lastminute.com agrees to a $4.5bn takeover bid by two private equity firms.
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Business & money: Shakeup after Â£11.1bn takeover by private equity group KKR and former deputy chairman Pessina.
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Tribune Co. TRB.N said on Thursday   it has acquired full control of amNewYork after buying a   minority interest from the free daily newspaper's management   group led by co-founder Russel Pergament.
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SYDNEY, Australia -- Qantas Airways said Thursday it had accepted an $8.64 billion takeover offer from a private equity consortium including Australia's Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group _ one of the biggest corporate buyouts in Australian history.
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The British soccer club Manchester United said on Monday that it had received a preliminary takeover offer, which one person close to the talks said was from the owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Malcolm Glazer.
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Station Casinos Inc.   said on Monday it received a management-led buyout offer from a group including its chairman and Chief Executive Frank Fertitta for $82 per share, or $4.7 billion.
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It&#39;s finally over. Business-software maker PeopleSoft (PSFT) agreed to be acquired by rival Oracle (ORCL) for $10.3 billion Monday, ending 18
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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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The unit was sold for $10.3 billion to a group of private equity firms that will take an equal stake in the company.
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British bus firm FirstGroup announced the agreed purchase of Laidlaw International, owner of iconic US inter-city bus operator Greyhound, for 3.6 billion dollars (2.8 billion euros).
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Online social music site Last.fm is acquired by US media giant CBS Corporation for $280m (Â£140m).
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Britainâs largest brewer, agreed to a Â£7.8 billion ($15.4 billion) takeover by the European rivals Carlsberg and Heineken.
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Peoplesoft agrees a $10.3bn takeover bid from rival business software firm Oracle, after an 18-month corporate battle.
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Australian flag carrier Qantas agreed to a boosted 11.1-billion-dollar (8.7 billion US) takeover bid from an international private equity consortium.
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The world's leading sports management and marketing firm is to be bought by a New York  investment firm for an undisclosed fee.
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Irish budget airline Ryanair has said that shareholders owning 0.9 percent of rival Irish airline Aer Lingus had accepted its takeover offer.
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Amadeus Global Travel Distribution SA has agreed to be acquired by two British private investment funds for about 4.34 billion euros ($5.69 billion), the company's main shareholders said Wednesday in a filing ...