Bid move for Anglian Water firm
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Anglian Water-owner AWG says it has received an approach which may lead to a bid for the company.
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The company has announced the sale of its part share in the Laminaria and Corallina oil fields to the British-owned Paladin Oil &amp; Gas.
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The privatisation or selling off of  Northern Ireland's water service could begin in just over 13 months.
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Business & money: Royal Bank of Scotland launches new bid for ABN Amro, in an attempt to wrest it away from rival bidder Barclays.
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Support services firm Serco Group   is preparing a consortium to bid for state-owned  clean-up firm British Nuclear Group, the object of a takeover  offer from U.S. firm Fluor , the Mail on Sunday  newspaper said.
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Utility firm AWG has said it had agreed a consortium takeover worth 2.213 billion pounds (3.272 billion euros, 4.145 billion dollars) -- but has also received approaches from other bidders.
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Business & money: Shares jump more than 12% after embattled bank reveals takeover offers.
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The buyout for the ice manufacturer is on the rocks.
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Birmingham confirm they have been approached about a possible takeover bid.
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Holcim, the world's number two cement maker has made a friendly, 1.8 billion-pound takeover bid for British counterpart Aggregate Industries, the firms said.
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Origin Energy Ltd., Australia&#39;s second-largest energy retailer, plans to bid for all the remaining shares in Contact Energy Ltd.
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SPAIN&#39;S Banco Santander Central Hispano yesterday revealed plans to speed up its Â£8.4bn bid for Abbey in an apparent effort to thwart interest from other possible bidders.
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With the water business dealt with, the company can refocus its energies on growing the business.
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An investment group is expected to  announce Monday that it has struck a deal to buy British water  utility AWG PLC  for about $4.12 billion, a source  familiar with the situation told Reuters on Sunday.
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Newly-merged Alliance Boots confirms it has received a potential takeover approach from an unnamed bidder.
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UK water firm AWG  said on Monday it had received new bid approaches after agreeing a 2.2 billion pound ($4.1 billion) offer from Osprey, an investment group including Canadian, Australian and British firms.
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The formal bid from a consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland challenges an earlier offer from Barclays in what would be the richest banking takeover.