Mittal family buys football stake
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The family of the world's fifth-richest man, Lakshmi Mittal, buys a 20% stake in QPR.
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The proposed takeover of Manchester United by the American billionaire Malcolm Glazer collapsed last night when it emerged that the club&#39;s major shareholder, John Magnier
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Umbro, the maker of the England football team's kit, agrees to be bought by US sportswear giant Nike.
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Sports Direct sells Umbro shares worth Â£56m to Nike and agrees to back a bid for the football kit maker.
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British mobile phone giant Vodafone said it has agreed to buy an 11-billion-dollar controlling interest in India's Hutchison Essar, a spokesman for the company said.
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Malcolm Glazer, who held takeover talks with Manchester United Plc this month, raised his stake in the English soccer club to 25.3 percent from 19.
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English Premier League soccer club Liverpool have agreed to be taken over by U.S. sports tycoons George Gillett and Tom Hicks for 174 million pounds ($340 million).
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Lakshmi Mittal, one of the UK's  wealthiest men, will merge his steel assets and buy  International Steel Group Inc. in a deal worth $17.8 billion to  form the world's largest steel company.
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British mobile-phone giant Vodafone's purchase of a 11.1-billion-dollar stake in India's Hutchison Essar has been welcomed by local contenders, smoothing its entry into the world's fastest-growing wireless market.
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The family of US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer says it has raised its stake in Manchester United to 27.6 percent from 25.3, making it almost the largest shareholder in the world's richest football club.
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Vodafone buys a controlling stake in Indian mobile phone firm Hutchison Essar for $11bn (Â£5.7bn).
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US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer bought more shares in Manchester United on Monday, lifting his stake to 27.63 percent and heightening speculation that he will bid for the club, sources said.
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Britain's Vodafone Group PLC has agreed to buy a 67 percent controlling interest in Hutchison Essar Ltd., one of India's leading cell phone companies, for $11.1 billion, Vodafone said in a statement Sunday.
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AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK  - Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal  on Monday agreed to buy International Steel Group Inc. ISG.N  for $4.5 billion and merge it with his other assets, creating  the industry's largest player at a time when steel prices are  soaring.
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LIVERPOOL, England -- American investors Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. assumed full control of Liverpool soccer club on Friday, securing more than 80 percent of the shares in the 18-time English champions.
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Manchester United today electrified the world of football by revealing that it has received a takeover offer worth up to Â£800 million.
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MTS buys a controlling stake in the leading Armenian cell operator.