Collins Stewart buys rival broker in Â£133m deal
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Collins Stewart Tullett yesterday clinched a deal to buy rival money broker Prebon that will take the company&#39;s market share close to leader Icap.
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INDEPENDENT grocery wholesaler Metcash Trading has made a bold bid to become the third force in our supermarket scene behind Woolworths and Coles with a $846 million offer for Foodland yesterday.
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A privately-owned firm from Londonderry has been involved in one of Scotland's largest property deals so far this year, it was disclosed today.
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Sport: After securing Â£350m refinancing package, Liverpool's owners finally offer support to BenÃ­tez
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UBS AG, the world&#39;s largest money manager for the rich, agreed to buy Charles Schwab Corp.&#39;s market making, research and institutional trading unit for $265 million in cash, giving it the No.
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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, said it had made an undisclosed offer for the wealth business of ING Securities Bank (France), a unit of Dutch banking giant ING Group.
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A group led by JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. agreed to buy UK drugmaker Warner Chilcott Plc for 1.62 billion pounds ($3 billion), outbidding two other private equity firms.
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A Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group (MCG) led consortium (âConsortiumâ), in which Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL) has an approximate 13% interest, today announced it has been selected as the successful bidder for the acquisition of National
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HBOS, based in Edinburgh, said last month it was considering making an offer for Abbey after Santander, Spain s biggest lender, agreed to buy the London-based bank in Europe s biggest-ever cross- border bank ...
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eBay agrees to buy Rent.com for $415m (Â£214m), gaining access to more of the online property market.
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Real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith  on Tuesday said it agreed to be acquired by Tishman Speyer and investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  in a deal valued at $13.5 billion, reflecting the strong demand for high-end real estate by private investors.
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Somerfield is embarking on a rapid expansion by buying small Safeway stores that are no longer wanted by WM Morrison. Having fended off an unwanted takeover bid last year, Somerfield raised Â£51m through a
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HSBC, the UK's largest bank, agrees to buy 51% of Korea Exchange Bank for $6.3bn.
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The world's leading sports management and marketing firm is to be bought by a New York  investment firm for an undisclosed fee.
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Business & money: Alliance & Leicester and Britannia building society double minimum deposit from first-time buyers
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Hollinger International yesterday announced a $13.2m (Â£7.2m) deal to sell the Jerusalem Post, leaving the one-time media powerhouse and former owner of the Daily Telegraph with just a handful of assets in North America.
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Barratt Developments has confirmed that it has agreed to buy rival housebuilder Wilson Bowden for about 2.2 billion pounds.