Two British Insurance Companies in Discussions on Possible Merger
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Resolution and Friends Provident may look to combine and create a company with a market value of about Â£8.3 billion, or $17.1 billion.
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) reveals it is discussing a possible merger with its Italian counterpart.
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British Airways  is looking at merger opportunities that could create a trans-Atlantic super-carrier in response to a joint venture between Delta  and Air France , the Times said.
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The head of a British boutique investment bank, Seymour Pierce, is considering a financial restructuring of Manchester United as a possible rival proposal to a planned takeover by US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer.
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The exchanges were in talks about an $11 billion merger, a union that would be the latest in a wave of consolidation among financial markets.
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Pearson, the publisher of The Financial Times, is exploring a rival takeover offer for Dow Jones and has discussed a joint bid with G.E. and the Hearst Corporation.
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Boston Scientific Corp. could face tougher competition in markets for cardiac products if talks between two of its largest competitors lead to a merger, analysts and investors said.
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The last time Deutsche Borse attempted a deal with the London Stock Exchange it was portrayed as a merger of equals. The two exchanges, both mutuals, in 2000 planned to join
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HBOS is said to be in talks with potential financial backers over how to fund an Â£8bn takeover bid for Abbey National in a move to break up a takeover plan from Spain&#39;s Banco Santander Central Hispano.
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Britain&#39;s major naval shipbuilders have discussed merging their operations into a single joint venture, two newspapers have reported.
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Aviva PLC , Britain&#039;s largest  insurer, is in talks to buy U.S. rival AmerUs Group Co ,  the Financial Times reported on its website on Friday.
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UAL Corp.'s  United Airlines  is in preliminary talks with Continental Airlines  about  a possible merger, according to media reports on Tuesday.
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Insurance group Resolution faced a bidding war on Friday as Pearl Assurance trumped an agreed bid from Standard Life.
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The boards of state-owned Gaz de France and utility giant Suez SA were meeting Sunday night to discuss a new merger deal, as expectations grew that an agreement on the long-stalled tie-up was imminent.
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Punch Taverns PUB.L puts forward plans for a possible merger with troubled rival Mitchells & Butlers.
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Interflora stakeholders are meeting to decide whether to accept a buyout offer from investment group 3i.
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French bank BNP Paribas is "thinking" about a possible takeover of its crisis-hit rival Societe Generale, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.