iSoft's Â£82m City sweetener
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Public money paid to private firm iSoft Plc, the beleaguered NHS software provider, has been given two large chunks of cash totalling close to Â£82m over the last two years, the government has admitted.â¦
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CSC considers its options The takeover of iSoft by Aussie firm IBA Health is likely to go ahead.â¦
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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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Sweetener intended to persuade them to back PM's plan for extending surgery opening hours
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Australian soft drink bottler Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. has launched a friendly Aust. $500 million ($382 million) bid for SPC Ardmona Ltd.
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OFT says it believes an illegal cartel operated by Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrison and Safeway cost consumers Â£270m in 2002-03.
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Northern Foods is to sell its bread, pastry, cakes and flour businesses to Vision Capital for Â£160m.
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Carlsberg and Heineken on Friday finally agreed a cash bid of 7.8 billion pounds ($15.3 billion) to buy and break up Scottish and Newcastle (S&N)  to boost the Danish brewer's position in Russia and the Dutch group's presence in western Europe.
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The UK food firm behind Mr Kipling cakes and Hovis bread reports a healthy return to pre-tax profits.
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The government will pour eight billion pounds (11.9 billion euros, 16.4 billion dollars) into providing 180,000 affordable homes in the next three years, housing minister Yvette Cooper said Monday.
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Business & money: Takeover battle looms after investment fund backed by government of Qatar confirms it is considering a Â£12bn bid for the supermarket chain.
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Software firm iSoft, which is being probed for alleged accounting irregularities, is reportedly a bid target.
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San Miguel, the Philippines-based food and drinks group, has emerged as a white knight for National Foods, on Thursday unveiling aA$1.78bn ($1.37bn) recommended offer for the Australian dairy producer.
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Norbrook Laboratories in Newry announcs an Â£83m investment which could create almost 300 jobs.
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By Bill Condie, Evening Standard, London  Feb. 16--The sale process for deeply-troubled IT provider iSoft could be  salvaged by an Australian bidder.
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Premier Foods, the owner of brands such as Branston sauces and Ambrosia, agrees to buy rival RHM for Â£1.2bn.
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SHARES in ICI soared to an eight-year high today as the City today bet big on a takeover battle breaking out over the Dulux paints group.