Prudential plans one-billion-pound share sale
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LONDON : British insurer Prudential announced plans to sell new shares worth one billion pounds (1.44 billion euros, 1.80 billion dollars) to expand in its home market and comply with new regulations.
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Prudential has surprised investors with plans for a one billion pound rights issue largely to fund expansion in the UK. Shares in Britain&#39;s second-largest listed insurer
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Barclays has drawn up contingency plans to restructure its all-share offer for Dutch rival ABN Amro with a significant cash sweetener, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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Prudential, the UK&#39;s second largest insurer, shocked its shareholders today by asking them to fund a Â£1bn expansion plan. The company has invited investors to buy one new share for every six they own at a reduced price of 308p.
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A Qatari firm could pay as much as Â£1bn to snap up Nasdaq's stake in the London Stock Exchange.
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NTL, the UKâs largest cable company, has agreed to sell its radio and television broadcasting business for Â£1.27bn to a fund managed by Australiaâs Macquarie Bank.
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The financial giant is in talks to sell a stake to a Chinese bank and other investors, people briefed on the plan said.
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British Airways Plc. plans to sell its  A$1.12 billion ($773 million) stake in Australia's Qantas  Airways Ltd. in the next two days to cut debt and take  advantage of future consolidation in Europe.
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British insurer Royal &amp; SunAlliance said Monday it plans to transfer more than 1,100 jobs to India over the next few years in a bid to cut costs.
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The company said it is selling the unit to Standard Chartered for nearly $1.1 billion so it can focus on its core credit card business.
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Car rental company Hertz Global  Holdings Inc. said on Friday it is planning an initial public  offering of as much as $1 billion in common stock.
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Spain s Santander Central Hispano plans to raise an initial 1 billion pounds from the sale of closed-life books owned by Abbey National (LSE: ANL.L - news - msgs ) , the Sunday Times says.
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A private equity consortium led by Goldman Sachs has tabled a formal Â£1.6bn offer for Warner Chilcott, the women&#39;s healthcare company based in Northern Ireland.
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CHICAGO Hollinger International said Thursday it will distribute to shareholders $500 million in proceeds from the sale of The Daily Telegraph of London, with the first payout a $227 million special dividend.
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Premier Foods PLC said Monday it will buy RHM PLC for 1.23 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) in cash and shares to create Britain's biggest food producer.
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Prudential announced plans for a Â£1bn cash call yesterday, shocking investors and sparking an 8% fall in its share price. As the insurer&#39;s shares fell to 422p, the pressure was heaped on chief executive Jonathan
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British-based wealth management and insurance group HHG Plc. is to sell its Life Services business to a venture capital group for 1.025 billion pounds (1.97 billion US dollars).