Sainsbury's 'weighs Â£12bn offer'
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Sainsbury's is approached by a Middle Eastern investment fund about a possible Â£12bn  takeover, the FT claims.
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Business & money: Takeover battle looms after investment fund backed by government of Qatar confirms it is considering a Â£12bn bid for the supermarket chain.
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Shares in J Sainsbury, the supermarkets group, have been surging all week on renewed bid speculation. Yet I think the company has to be believed when it insists that there have been no approaches, nor would
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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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Qatari investment group Delta Two has made a bid approach to J Sainsbury Plc  which values Britain's third-biggest supermarket group at about 12 billion pounds ($24.5 billion), newspapers said on Wednesday.
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Business & money: Shares jump more than 12% after embattled bank reveals takeover offers.
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Business & money: Delta Two may have to raise offer to Â£7 a share.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson, the US medical and consumer goods group, is in advanced discussions to buy Guidant, a maker of medical devices, in a deal that could be worth about $24bn (Â£12bn).
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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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Leeds United have denied they are negotiating a possible sale of the Championship club to businessman Sebastian Sainsbury. Sainsbury had made a formal purchase offer earlier in
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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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Business & money: Deal could trigger takeover bid for seller Whitbread.
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Business & money: Â· Store group challenges Tesco view on pricesÂ· Pledge to give a better deal to smaller suppliers
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J Sainsbury will take a Â£550 million ($991 million) hit to profits this year as it invests to boost sales and reverse falling market share, Britain&#39;s third-biggest supermarket chain said Tuesday.
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The royal family of Qatar is considering a full takeover offer for supermarket J Sainsbury, a report says.
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Britain'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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The Sainsbury family backs Chief Executive Justin King&#39;s strategy to turn around Britain&#39;s third- biggest supermarket chain, Jessica Sainsbury said, and speculation of a takeover is ``silly.