Ratner 'to bid Â£350m for Signet'
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Gerald Ratner is set to table an improved bid of Â£350m for the UK operations of jewllery company Signet.
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Xstrata yesterday took its $5.8 billion (Â£3.1 billion) cash bid for Australian miner WMC hostile, laying the ground for another major takeover clash between the old guard and the new of the mining world.
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A bidding consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to give some insight as to whether it will go ahead with a rival offer.
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Private equity firm Alchemy Partners is  lining up a 3 billion pound ($5.9 billion) bid for U.S. car  maker Ford&#39;s  luxury UK brands Jaguar and Land Rover, the  City A.M. newspaper said on Monday.
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A group led by investment bank Goldman  Sachs  raised its bid for Associated British Ports   to 2.58 billion pounds (&#36;4.75 billion) on Thursday,  after a rival team said it might make a counterbid.
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Sport: Liverpool's American owners are close to securing a Â£350m refinancing deal for the club, against the wishes of many fans
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Business & money: Â· Scant detail 'designed to antagonise', says analystÂ· Debt suspected to have soared to Â£300m
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A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland  unveiled a bid for ABN AMRO  on Tueday valued at 38.40 euros per share, worth a total 71.1 billion euros ($95.6 billion).
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Bonds worth Â£24bn and guaranteed by the government to rescue Northern Rock will have maturities of between two and three years, according to information sent to potential bidders for the stricken lender
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Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire CEO of News Corp., has offered to buy a three-story penthouse for &#36;44 million, which would be the highest price ever paid for a Manhattan apartment if the deal goes through.
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A successful bidder for Manchester United could have to pay more than 300p a share, City sources suggested yesterday. The stock rose 13.
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NEW YORK -- Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire CEO of News Corp., has reportedly offered to buy a three-story penthouse for $44 million, which would be the highest price ever paid for a Manhattan by about $1.75 million if the deal goes through.
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The successful bidder for the lucrative East Coast main line rail franchise will be forced to pay up to five times more to the Treasury for the privilege of running the route, The Independent understands.
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Lazard, the 156-year-old investment bank, aims to raise up to $850m (Â£440m) in an initial public offering, it revealed last night.
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Business & money: Deal could trigger takeover bid for seller Whitbread.
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Newcastle&#039;s John Hall, who holds the major stake in the Premiership club, said he has been approached by a third party who wants to buy his shares.
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A string of bidders are vying to pay around $5bn (Â£2.6bn) for a chunk of prime real estate in Lower Manhattan.