Gallaher in Â£7.5bn bid approach
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Silk Cut cigarette maker Gallaher receives a takeover approach, which values the company at Â£7.5bn.
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The German bourse reportedly prepares to raise its proposed bid price for the London Stock Exchange to Â£1.5bn.
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The world's third largest cigarette  group, Japan Tobacco Inc (2914.T), on Thursday made a 7.5  billion pound ($14.7 billion) cash offer for rival Gallaher  Group Plc , sources close to the situation said.
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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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Japan Tobacco Inc. confirmed on Friday it was in talks to buy smaller rival Gallaher Group Plc L> , in a 7.5 billion pound ($14.7 billion) deal that would extend its overseas expansion.
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Stockland, Australia&#39;s fourth-biggest property trust, offered to buy General Property Trust for A$7.5 billion ($5.7 billion) in stock in an attempt to foil a rival bid by Lend Lease Corp.
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Gallaher, the maker of Silk Cut and Benson & Hedges cigarettes, says it has been approached by a buyer.
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The bid by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and two other European banks topped an offer by Barclays.
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Shares in Gallaher, which makes Silk Cut cigarettes, rise by 20% after an approach by a potential buyer.
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Leeds United called a board meeting Thursday to consider a 25-million-pound ($55.7 million Cdn) takeover by a British-American consortium.
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German stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse sets out its proposed  530p-a-share bid for the London Stock Exchange.
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Investment bank Goldman Sachs  has made a bid approach of about 700 million pounds ($1.4 billion) for reinsurance broker Benfield , the Daily Telegraph said on Friday.
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TOKYO/LONDON  - British tobacco company Gallaher Group Plc. said on Wednesday it had received a takeover approach, with sources close to the situation saying the potential bidder was likely to be Japan Tobacco Inc.
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Gallaher Group, which makes Silk Cut and Benson &amp; Hedges cigarettes, yesterday announced a small rise in profits for the first half of the year but said it was facing tough trading outside Britain, especially in Germany and Ireland.
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The Gallaher Group, maker of Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut cigarettes, confirmed that it had received a takeover approach from a bidder it did not identify, setting off a 22 percent gain in its share price. Gallaher confirmed the bid in a statement to the London Stock Exchange after the market closed Wednesday. The bid reinforced recent speculation that the tobacco industry is due for consolidation and shares rose across the sector. ÂWe see the tobacco sector broadly benefiting from the Gallaher approach,Â said a Goldman Sachs analyst, Mark Lynch. ÂExpectations of industry consolidation have been widespread for many years.Â Analysts said one potential bidder for Gallaher would be Japan Tobacco. Gallaher has long been linked to Japan Tobacco, as it holds the right to market and sell Japan TobaccoÂs Camel cigarettes in parts of Europe. Credit Suisse said a tie-up between the two would be a Âparticularly good strategic fit.Â It would address Japan TobaccoÂs subscale position in Western Europe and strengthen its competitive position in Eastern Europe, the brokerage firm said.
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Nasdaq  launched its 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange  on Tuesday and will need just over a fifth of LSE shareholders to accept for it to take control of the bourse.
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THE board of investment bank Lazard meets today to consider a float on Wall Street that could value the firm at Â£1.7bn, according to reports.