Vienna puts paid to Swisscom deal
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The failure of the cash and shares transaction, which would have given the Austrian government an effective blocking minority over the combined group's Austrian operations, comes as a severe blow to both ...
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Telekom Austria, Austriaâs largest telecoms operator, obtained access to the relatively underdeveloped East European mobile services market by winning the right to purchase the Bulgarian mobile operator MobilTel for â¬1.6billion ($2.12billion).
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Switzerland's top telecommunications operator Swisscom said it was interested in a majority stake in the Czech Republic's Cesky Telecom, which is due to be privatised.
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Telekom Austria AG, the country&#39;s biggest phone operator, won the right to buy Bulgaria&#39;s largest mobile phone company, MobilTel EAD, for 1.6 billion euros ($2.1 billion), an acquisition that would add 3 million subscribers.
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Swiss Re clinched a deal with Warren Buffettâs Berkshire Hathaway, bolstering its beaten-down shares, but raising concerns the reinsurer was giving a rival too much access to its core business.
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Occhi su Swisscom che potrebbe lanciare un'opa
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Qwest, the US telecoms company founded by Millennium Dome entrepreneur Philip Anschutz, will pay $250m (Â£140m) to settle civil fraud charges, according to a union official briefed on the pact.
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WMC is the subject of a new offer from the Swiss-based mining giant, Xstrata. After last month&#39;s bid through a scheme of arrangement was knocked back, Xstrata has launched an off-market takeover bid for all shares in WMC.
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The Austrian state holding company that owns 14.7 percent of energy and water group VA Technologie said it will accept German engineering giant Siemens' offer of 55 euros (71 dollars) a share to take over VA ...
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Hamilton, Bermuda, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A European consortium has agreed to pay $3 billion and assume debt to acquire the world&#39;s No. 2 satellite provider, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.
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â¬10m investment in biz and broadband Eircom has secured a deal with Siemens and ADVA Optical Networks that will see the telecoms firm begin upgrading its network.â¦
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The announcement came days after Apple chief executive Steve Jobs visited Britain and Germany to unveil similar deals with mobile operator O2 and Deutsche Telekom AG.
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Negotiations between the Austrian privatisation agency OeIAG and the Swiss telecommunications group Swisscom for a stake in Telekom Austria ended without a deal, OeIAG said in a statement.
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Telekom Austria AG said Monday it has agreed to purchase call rights to acquire Mobiltel AD of Bulgaria for about 1.6 billion euros ($2.09 billion).
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The Swiss pharmaceuticals company said that it would pay $3.1 billion for Ventana Medical Systems.
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Swiss telecoms group Swisscom  has proposed a 3.7 billion euro ($4.9 billion) friendly takeover bid for Italian broadband operator Fastweb  in a move to break free from stagnant growth in its home market.
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Merck agreed to pay a Swiss company, Addex Pharmaceuticals, as much as $702 million to help develop a new schizophrenia drug.