Scottish &amp; Southern wraps up a Â£3bn deal over distribution ...
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SCOTTISH &amp; Southern Energy yesterday called time on its 18-month acquisition spree after confirming a Â£3.1 billion swoop for two gas distribution networks.
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National Grid Transco agreed one of the largest cash deals in recent corporate history yesterday with the sale of four of its eight gas distribution networks for Â£5.
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Deutsche Boerse has made a Â£1.3 billion ($2.49 billion) approach for the London Stock Exchange, and the LSE&#39;s rejection of it on Monday left observers doubting a much better offer would emerge.
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British brewer Scottish & Newcastle said Friday it had accepted a 7.8 billion pound (10.5 billion euro, 15.5 billion dollar) takeover bid by Carlsberg of Denmark and Heineken of the Netherlands.
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COMPUTER bellwether IBM has signed a seven-year, Â£500 million contract with Lloyds TSB to supply the UK bank with internet telephony and data services.
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The sale of National Australia Bank&#39;s Irish businesses reached a surprise conclusion yesterday when Denmark&#39;s Danske Bank clinched a Â£967m takeover.
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Carphone Warehouse drops its Â£3m sponsorship deal with Channel 4 show Big Brother.
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RE the letter from an ex- Scottish Gas customer, I have the same problem.  I pay my son's electricity bill on the internet, and had a message that his payment was to rise by pounds 14 per month, despite the fact that I opted for the capped bill until 2010.
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Utility firm AWG has said it had agreed a consortium takeover worth 2.213 billion pounds (3.272 billion euros, 4.145 billion dollars) -- but has also received approaches from other bidders.
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By ROBBIE DINWOODIE CHIEF SCOTTISH POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT  A GBP14M computerisation project completed by Scottish Enterprise last year is to be scrapped in favour of a new system costing GBP7m, prompting an MSP to demand an investigation by ministers.
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Scottish Power gives its backing to a Â£11.6bn takeover offer from Spanish energy company Iberdrola.
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British Energy won approval from Brussels yesterday for its Â£3.4bn government-backed bail-out, under the condition that the cash is used exclusively for decommissioning nuclear power plants.
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Retailer agrees to pay compensation to customers in move to end long-running price-fixing saga
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Glenmorangie, one of Scotland&#39;s last independent whisky distillers, is to be bought by French drinks firm Moet Hennessy for about Â£300m (433m euros).
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By Stephen Foley in London and Katherine Griffiths in New York. More than Â£6bn was wiped off the value of the UK&#39;s two giant pharmaceuticals companies yesterday as they and the US regulator attempted to quell a furore over drug safety.
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The consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland raised the cash component of its offer to 93 percent from 79 percent.
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SHARES in canned fruit and vegetable producer SPC Ardmona Ltd soared more than 20 per cent today after the group announced it had agreed to a takeover offer from Coca Cola Amatil Ltd.