Prudential to Raise 1 Billion Pounds in Share Sale
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Prudential Plc, Britain&#39;s No. 2 insurer, plans to raise 1 billion pounds ($1.8 billion) by selling new stock to help fund a UK expansion and comply with European rules on capital reserves.
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BHP Billiton Limited (BHP) announced today that it would undertake an off-market share buyback of between $1 billion and $1.5 billion.
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- Reinsurer XL Capital Ltd  said its board authorized the repurchase of up to $1 billion of its Class A ordinary shares.
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Share sale to fund 'world's biggest fab' expansion plan
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Business & money: House prices unexpectedly leapt 1.1% in June, the biggest rise since December.
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Prudential, the second-biggest British insurance group, has published solid half-year results but sharply raised its cost-savings target in a bid to halt losses at online banking division Egg.
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Premier Foods PLC said Monday it will buy RHM PLC for 1.23 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) in cash and shares to create Britain's biggest food producer.
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Business & money: 9.30am: Shares in the bank jumped almost 3% after recommendation.
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Prudential announced plans for a Â£1bn cash call yesterday, shocking investors and sparking an 8% fall in its share price. As the insurer&#39;s shares fell to 422p, the pressure was heaped on chief executive Jonathan
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Prudential, the UK&#39;s second largest insurer, shocked its shareholders today by asking them to fund a Â£1bn expansion plan. The company has invited investors to buy one new share for every six they own at a reduced price of 308p.
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About 1.1 million Norwich Union with-profit policyholders will share a bonus of Â£2.1bn, as shareholders get Â£230m.
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British Airways Plc, Europe&#39;s second- biggest airline, is selling its A$1.1 billion ($763 million) stake in Qantas Airways Ltd.
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Prudential is to tap investors for one billion pounds through a share issue, saying it needs the cash to fund its UK growth plans.
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British insurer Prudential announced a 92-percent take-up of a new share issue worth one billion pounds (1.43 billion euros, 1.85 billion dollars).
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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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British advertising agency company WPP Group PLC has clinched a deal to buy Grey Global Group of New York in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $1.
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British leisure group Whitbread PLC said Thursday it plans to raise more than 800 million pounds (&#36;1.5 billion) by selling assets including half its Marriott hotels and its historic former headquarters in London.