Biffa agrees Â£1.2bn takeover bid
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Waste collection firm Biffa agrees to a Â£1.2bn takeover offer, but says another approach may emerge.
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Delta Two, a Qatar-backed investment fund, said it submitted an offer to the board of J Sainsbury that valued the company, one of Britainâs largest retailers, at about Â£10.6 billion ($21.7 billion), or 600 pence a share. It was the second cash offer this year for Sainsbury; Delta owns 25 percent of the company. The fund proposed spending Â£3.5 billion to build and renovate Sainsbury stores and expand its range of nonfood goods.
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ECI Telecom, an Israeli maker of telecommunications equipment, agreed to be bought by the Swarth Group and the Ashmore Group for $1.2 billion.
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Premier Foods, the owner of brands such as Branston Pickle and Ambrosia Cream Rice, buys fellow food company RHM for Â£1.2bn.
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Northern Irish drug maker Warner Chilcott has received a bid approach worth 837 pence per share which values the company at 1.53 billion pounds.
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Housebuilder Barratt Developments is to buy rival developer Wilson Bowden in a Â£2.2bn deal.
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Brewer Scottish & Newcastle said Friday it had accepted a 7.8 billion pound takeover bid by Carlsberg of Denmark and Heineken of the Netherlands.
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Asset management firm BlackRock Inc.   said it agreed to acquire the fund of funds business of Quellos  Group LLC for up to $1.7 billion.
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The worldâs biggest eyewear maker said it would buy the American sunglasses maker Oakley Inc. in a deal worth about $2.1 billion.
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The DSD serves notice on the withdrawal of Â£1.2m from a UDA-linked conflict transformation scheme.
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Britain's biggest mortgage lender, HBOS Plc , is in the early stages of planning a 1.2 billion pound ($2.44 billion) takeover bid for property group Quintain Estates & Development Plc , The Sunday Times reported.
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The London Stock Exchange confirmed Saturday it is buying Borsa Italiana for 1.6 billion euros (2.15 billion dollars), bolstering the LSE amid takeovers of European stock markets by US rivals.
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Viridian Group , Northern  Ireland's main electricity supplier, said on Friday it had  agreed a 1.62 billion pound ($3.1 billion) takeover offer from  Bahrain-based private equity firm Arcapita.
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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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Chemicals maker to repurchase $2B of its shares.
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Drugs group Warner Chilcott today gave its blessing to a Â£1.62 billion takeover by a private equity consortium. Directors of Warner announced they were recommending an
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Scottish & Newcastle, Britainâs largest brewer, agreed to a Â£7.8 billion ($15.4 billion) takeover by the European rivals Carlsberg and Heineken.