Green May Not Bid for Marks & Spencer Again
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Entrepreneur Philip Green, who pursued Marks &amp; Spencer last summer, will have another chance to bid for the struggling retailer &#151; but analysts say the poor performance of the iconic company might dissuade him from being tempted again.
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Retailer Woolworths rejects a takeover offer from private equity group Apax, saying it is too low.
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Business & money: Sir Richard Branson's group says it cannot continue to promise there will be no cuts if it succeeds in bid
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No immediate counter offer is expected in the bidding battle for the London Stock Exchange. The pan-European stock exchange Euronext is, however, weighing up the prospects of such a move, according to sources close to it.
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EMI Group Plc  is expected to  reject a potential 2.5 billion pound ($4.92 billion) bid from  private equity firm Permira as being too low, the Times  newspaper said on Monday.
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Business & money: Retailer Sir Philip Green has explored the sale of Arcadia's Â£700m pension fund
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Pan-European group Euronext is poised to launch a bid for the London Stock Exchange, UK media reports say. Last week, the LSE rejected a takeover proposal from German rival Deutsche Boerse - the 530 pence-a
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The group, New Price Retail, which also operates the Priceline and House retail brands, has shelved plans to list on the sharemarket in three to five years&#39; time.
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Marks &amp; Spencer has announced a shake-out of top management after revealing that trading conditions have worsened, but it has not issued a profit warning as investors had feared.
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The London Stock Exchange today rejected a Â£1.35bn takeover approach from German rival Deutsche BÃ¶rse, but held open the prospect of further talks.
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There has been no recent contact from   Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. over a possible fresh bid for the   London Stock Exchange, LSE Chairman Chris Gibson-Smith said on   Tuesday.
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Media & professional: Rupert Murdoch will not raise his $5bn (Â£2.5bn) bid for the Wall Street Journal's owner, Dow Jones.
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The British insurer Prudential said on Sunday that it had rejected an approach from a potential bidder for its online bank Egg.
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Stuart Rose, chief executive of retailer Marks & Spencer, vows to return the firm's share price to Â£4 - or admit failure.
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HANOVER, Germany  - An executive at Scania ,   object of an unsolicited bid from Germany's MAN, has rejected   market speculation that Scania may be too small to remain   independent and successful over the long term.
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The London Stock Exchange today said it had rejected a Â£1.35 billion takeover approach from German rival Deutsche Boerse. Shares in the LSE have risen 25 per cent in recent weeks as investors anticipated a possible takeover bid.
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British retailer Marks &amp; Spencer announced a shake-out of top management on Tuesday as it revealed that trading conditions had worsened, but did not issue a profit warning as investors had feared.