Alitalia share price rebounds on hopes of quick takeover decision
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Shares in the near-bankrupt Italian flagship carrier Alitalia rallied nearly 5.0 percent on Thursday as traders predicted a speedy rescue plan.
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Air France-KLM reveals that its offer for the Italian airline Alitalia is to be structured as a share swap.
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MILAN : Alitalia headed into eleventh-hour talks with unions to clinch plans to avoid bankruptcy, after winning a key deal with pilots.
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Air France-KLM on Monday detailed its offer to buy Alitalia, including a cash injection and promising no new lay-offs, confirming comments made on Sunday by its chairman to Italian newspapers.
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LONDON: European stocks posted firm gains yesterday as takeover speculation provided a boost to sentiment and drug makers rebounded from last week&#39;s heavy falls.
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Stocks jumped on Tuesday as talk that aluminum maker Alcoa Inc.  may be a takeover target bolstered optimism about deals and energy shares gained with a sharp rebound in oil prices.
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European stock markets rebounded on Thursday following an overnight rally on Wall Street.
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ROME: Italian airline Alitalia said yesterday that its first half loss was 620 million euros ($NZ1.14 billion), a higher-than-expected result owing to one-off expenses from a broad restructuring.
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European equity markets moved a little higher on Monday as industrial stocks were lifted by takeover speculation.
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Fiat shares and bonds rallied on Monday after the Italian group won a &#36;2 billion settlement with General Motors, avoiding a long court case but also increasing the pressure to revive its car arm.
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Alitalia airline won a thumbs up from the stock market following a weekend job-cutting deal with flight attendants seen as clearing away a threat of bankruptcy and opening up new horizons.
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Air France-KLM, the world's largest airline by revenues, came a step closer Friday to controlling the near-bankrupt Alitalia after the Italian government said it could begin exclusive takeover talks.
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LONDON, October 6  - Alitalia (ALI.FSE) has reached an agreement with its major labour unions and the Italian government, enabling the loss-making airline to access a â¬400 million (â¬492.
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ROME/MILAN  - Air France-KLM  has bid 35 euro cents per share for ailing Italian airline Alitalia  while an offer from domestic carrier Air One is one euro cent per share, a source close to the talks said on Friday.
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Share prices in Sydney are boosted by hopes of a fresh round of economic liberalisation, following the re-election of Australian prime minister John Howard.
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The Italian governmentâs attempt to privatize the airline Alitalia collapsed after the only remaining bidder pulled out of the auction. The Italian treasury said it halted its attempt to sell its 49.9 percent stake in the airline after a buyout firm, MatlinPatterson Global Advisers, dropped out. The airline called a board meeting for tomorrow to decide what to do next. MatlinPatterson, which is based in New York, was one of 11 bidders that expressed interest when the auction began seven months ago. The bidders gradually dropped out because of what they said were onerous conditions that a buyer would be required to meet.
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U.S. stocks index futures rose on Tuesday as a rebound in Asian and European equities lifted optimism that the market could be stabilizing after its recent sell-off. Takeover news also aided the advance.