British utility group AWG backs consortium takeover
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British utility firm AWG 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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A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland  unveiled a bid for ABN AMRO  on Tueday valued at 38.40 euros per share, worth a total 71.1 billion euros ($95.6 billion).
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Project management firm John Laing says it has accepted a Â£887m bid from a private equity firm.
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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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British Energy, the nuclear generator, yesterday welcomed a decision by the European commission to approve a government-backed Â£5bn rescue plan.
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Britain&#39;s biggest cable company, NTL, agreed yesterday to sell its radio and television broadcasting business for Â£1.27bn to a consortium led by a fund managed by Australia&#39;s Macquarie Bank.
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British power company National Grid  said it would complete the acquisition of U.S. utility KeySpan Corp  on Friday after receiving final approval from New York State regulators earlier this week.
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ABN Amro, at the centre of the world&#39;s biggest banking takeover bid, said Sunday that a three-bank consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland would likely beat a rival offer by Barclays.
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Corus shareholders on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed a takeover of the Anglo-Dutch steel group by Tata Steel of India, as 97 percent of voters approved a deal worth 7 billion pounds.
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British energy firm BG confirms it is hoping to agree a deal with Israel to supply it with Palestinian gas.
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National Grid Transco, the Britain-based deliverer of energy, announced it has agreed to sell four of its gas distribution networks to consortia in cash deals worth 5.8 billion pounds (8.
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A group led by investment bank Goldman  Sachs  raised its bid for Associated British Ports   to 2.58 billion pounds (&#36;4.75 billion) on Thursday,  after a rival team said it might make a counterbid.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.  said on Friday it increased its takeover offer for CBOT Holdings Inc. , winning the support of Caledonia Investments Pty. Ltd., CBOT's biggest shareholder.
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BAE Systems has announced that shareholders have backed the proposed sale of its 20-percent holding in troubled European aircraft maker Airbus to Paris-based peer EADS.
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The British arms firm BAE has been given approval by US regulators to go ahead with a Â£2bn takeover of an American military company.
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Rio Tinto shareholders have backed the Anglo-Australian mining giant&#39;s bid to buy Canada&#39;s Alcan and create the world&#39;s largest aluminium firm, the company said Friday.
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A consortium led by Royal Bank  of Scotland  has launched a 71.1 billion euro ($95.9  billion) bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO, trumping Britain&#39;s  Barclays in a battle for the world&#39;s biggest bank takeover.