Anglian Water firm in Â£2.2bn bid
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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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Delta Two, a Qatar-backed investment fund, said it submitted an offer to the board of J Sainsbury that valued the company, one of Britainâs largest retailers, at about Â£10.6 billion ($21.7 billion), or 600 pence a share. It was the second cash offer this year for Sainsbury; Delta owns 25 percent of the company. The fund proposed spending Â£3.5 billion to build and renovate Sainsbury stores and expand its range of nonfood goods.
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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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The firm which owns Yorkshire Water sees its profits rise by10%, thanks partly to an above-average rise in bills.
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Banco Santander Central Hispano, which is buying UK lender Abbey for Â£8.5bn, makes a Â£2.2bn profit in the first nine months of 2004.
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NOVAR, the UK conglomerate, is recommending that its shareholders accept an Â£800 million cash bid from Honeywell International, the aerospace to transport multinational.
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A North American energy company which operates a major North Sea oil field is selling its British division for 2.1 billion (Â£1.14 billion), it was announced today.
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The world's second-biggest cement firm, Holcim, snaps up a UK producer and bids for two Indian cement makers.
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The June and July floods could cost the industry more than Â£2bn, says the British Association of Insurers.
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Project management firm John Laing says it has accepted a Â£887m bid from a private equity firm.
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Science & environment: UK's leading food and drink manufacturers join forces in new initiative to reduce water usage
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By Joe Wojtas, The Day, New London, Conn.  Sep. 20--STONINGTON -- The Aquarion Water Co.
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British-based wealth management and insurance group HHG Plc. is to sell its Life Services business to a venture capital group for 1.025 billion pounds (1.97 billion US dollars).
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Coca-Cola Co.  is in talks to buy  Britain&#39;s No. 2 bottled water brand Highland Spring in a  potential 500 million pound ($992.7 million) deal, British  Sunday newspapers reported.
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Ionics Inc. , a Watertown water treatment company with global operations, agreed to be purchased yesterday by General Electric Co. for $1.1 billion in cash.
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Chemicals maker to repurchase $2B of its shares.
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Waste collection firm Biffa agrees to a Â£1.2bn takeover offer, but says another approach may emerge.