Encana to use proceeds to pay down debt, buy shares
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Independent Canadian oil and gas company Nexen is to buy the UK subsidiary to fellow Canadian independent Encana for $2.
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A former in-house Enron Corp. accountant said he was convinced that the energy giant&#39;s unofficial promise to buy back several barges sold to Merrill Lynch &amp; Co.
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The four networks have been bought by consortia which include Scottish &amp; Southern Energy and United Utilities. Transco said that it would return about Â£2bn to shareholders following the sale and would increase its dividend for the current year by 20%.
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All the right ingredients for a leveraged buyout.
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MADRID  - The Spanish government said Friday it plans to sell its  remaining stakes in airline Iberia, tobacco company Altadis and retailer Aldeasa in 2005.
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iShares may make a good investment in more ways than one.
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Deal with Elevation Partners means shareholders will get a chunk of cash, but the smart-phone maker will be taking on debt.
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Finnish-Swedish telecommunications group TeliaSonera revealed on Wednesday a plan to buy back 1.1 billion euros worth of shares.
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Nexen Inc. agreed to buy fellow Canadian energy company EnCana Corp.&#39;s UK business for $2.1 billion, gaining control of Britain&#39;s biggest oil discovery in more than a decade amid record crude prices.
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BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc. , the worldâs largest diversified miner, said on Tuesday it would buy back up to A$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) of its shares.
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These companies want to buyback their shares, which just might boost their earnings per share.
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Mexico&#39;s Cemex has helped RMC Group&#39;s shareholders to salsa their way out of debt that weighed like concrete boots. Photo: Rick Stevens.
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Dendreon does a financing to secure its near-term future.
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Hedge funds, faced with falling profits  and fading opportunities, are pondering fresh ways to make  money, with one new strategy involving trading a company's debt  against its equity, analysts said.
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These companies want to buy back their shares, which just might boost their earnings per share.
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Enron Corp. will pay $321 million from  the proceeds of its sale of its pipeline arm to fund pension  plans for thousands of former employees, a government pension  agency said on Monday.
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These companies' share buybacks could boost earnings per share. Good deal or no deal?