Sainsbury sells 5 pct of Sainsbury's Bank to HBOS
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J Sainsbury Plc , Britain's  third-biggest supermarket operator, said on Friday it had sold  a 5 percent stake in Sainsbury's Bank for 21 million pounds  ($41 million) to British banking group HBOS Plc  as  potential bidders continue to circle the retailer.
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Virgin Media, the UK's leading cable television company, could be taken private for more than Â£5.5bn.
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SOFTWARE company PeopleSoft has agreed to a sweetened Â£5.4 billion buy-out by rival Oracle, relenting after a bitter 18-month takeover saga.
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HBOS&#39;s decision not to bid for rival Abbey Nationalleaves just smaller targets for large British banks to buy in the UK, bankers and analysts say.
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J Sainsbury Plc , Britain's third-biggest supermarket operator, said on Friday it had sold a 5 percent stake in Sainsbury's Bank for 21 million pounds ($41 million) to British banking group HBOS Plc .
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LONDON : Cable and Wireless, the British telecoms group, said it had agreed to sell its Japanese unit to Internet service provider Softbank Corp for about 133 million dollars (104 million euros) including debt.
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HBOS , Britain's biggest mortgage lender, said profits are on track to rise 4 percent this year but it will take a 180 million pound ($367.7 million) hit on the value of assets due to the credit crunch, which will also hurt margins.
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Standard Chartered has agreed to buy US$1.5 billion (HK$11.7 billion) worth of loans from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) to beef up its project finance operation.
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BRITISH Telecom today announced the sale of its stake in one of the worldâs largest satellite companies for Â£363 million. The telecoms giant said it was offloading its 15.8 per cent holding in Paris-based
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Britain's third-biggest grocer, J Sainsbury, is the target of a five-billion-pound (7.2-billion-euro, 9.1-billion-dollar) takeover bid.
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Deutsche Boerse buys a 5% stake in India's Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), a report says.
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LONDON : Britain&#39;s third-biggest grocer, J Sainsbury, is the target of a five-billion-pound (7.2-billion-euro, 9.1-billion-dollar) takeover bid.
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PQ Corp., the specialty chemicals business, said on Friday it was being sold to private equity buyout firm Carlyle Group  for $1.5 billion.
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Britain's biggest mortgage lender, HBOS Plc , is in the early stages of planning a 1.2 billion pound ($2.44 billion) takeover bid for property group Quintain Estates & Development Plc , The Sunday Times reported.
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Swiss Life, Switzerland's largest insurer, sells its UK life assurance business for Â£205m.
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Banco Santander Central Hispano, SpainÂs biggest bank, agreed to buy 90 percent of Drive Financial Services of Dallas for $651 million, gaining a presence in 35 states with what is its first consumer finance move into the United States. The bank will buy the unit from HBOS, a British mortgage lender, and the management of Drive Financial. Santander will also pay as much as $175 million to some of Drive FinancialÂs management if the company meets goals in the next two years. Drive Financial offers financial services through 10,000 car dealers and had $2.4 billion of loans in August.
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China's biggest bank is buying a 20% stake in South Africa's largest lender for $5.5bn.