Qatar group plans bid for Sainsbury's
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New supermarket takeover battle looms after investment fund says it is considering a Â£12bn bid.
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J Sainsbury, the country&#39;s third biggest supermarket, said Wednesday it had received a takeover approach from a Qatari investment group.
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A Qatari investment group said Friday that it has increased its stake in J Sainsbury to 25 percent.
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Sainsbury's is approached by a Middle Eastern investment fund about a possible takeover worth some Â£12bn.
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Qatar&#39;s grab of a slice of the London Stock Exchange and its bid for British supermarket chain Sainsbury&#39;s underline the tiny Gulf state&#39;s ambition to become a global economic player and diversify revenues despite its vast gas wealth.
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Oil-rich Gulf Arab state Qatar has made a bid approach for J Sainsbury Plc, which newspapers said valued Britain's third-biggest supermarket group at about 12 billion pounds ($24.5 billion), including debt.
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J Sainsbury, the British supermarket chain, softened its opposition to Qatarâs Â£10.5 billion ($21 billion) takeover bid after Qatar said it would borrow less to pay for the deal.
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Private equity groups CVC Capital Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Blackstone have said they are mulling a takeover of J Sainsbury, the third-biggest biggest supermarket chain in Britain.
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Private equity firm Texas Pacific Group   is considering a bid for J. Sainsbury  and is  working on building a consortium, the Financial Times reported.
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Asda, the British grocer of Wal-Mart  Stores Inc., could counterbid for J. Sainsbury  should  a private equity consortium launch an offer for Britain's  number three supermarket owner, Citigroup analysts believe.
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The Gulf state of Qatar on Friday tightened its grip on J Sainsbury, Britain&#39;s third biggest supermarket chain, by raising its stake to 25 percent, sparking speculation it may launch a takeover.
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AILING supermarket chain Sainsbury&#39;s is reported to be the target of a Â£5bn takeover bid being prepared by an ex-treasurer of the Conservative party.
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LONDON : Britain&#39;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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J Sainsbury Plc , Britain&#39;s  third-biggest supermarket group, confirmed it had received a  preliminary bid approach from Qatari investment group Delta  Two.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - Qatar's state investment fund is close to buying Nasdaq's 31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange Group  for just over $5.6 billion, newspaper reports said on Sunday.
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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA  - At least two bidding groups plan to submit offers on Friday to acquire Cadbury Schweppes Plc's  U.S. beverage unit for as much as $15.8 billion (8 billion pounds), sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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Supermarket group Sainsbury&#39;s is to create 3,000 in-store jobs in a bid to get more stock on the shelves. The plan is expected to form a key part of a strategy by chief executive Justin King to halt the group&#39;s decline.