UTC raises its offer for Kidde and gets closer to Â£1.4bn deal
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Kidde moved a step closer yesterday to being bought by America&#39;s United Technologies, which increased its offer for the UK fire extinguisher maker to Â£1.39bn.
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Shares in discount retailer Big Food Group rise more than 11% as the owner of the Iceland frozen food chain reveals it is in bid talks.
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Shareholders in Kidde, the fire protection group, have indicated they would be prepared to sell out if United Technologies Corporation (UTC), the US industrial conglomerate
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Business & money: Shares in the internet company rise further after it says Â£21bn unsolicited offer is too low
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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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A Qatari firm could pay as much as Â£1bn to snap up Nasdaq's stake in the London Stock Exchange.
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Sainsbury's suitor Delta Two agrees to raise an extra Â£500m to increase the cash element of its bid.
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MANCHESTER United has received a takeover approach that boosted the club&#39;s shares by over 5 per cent as industry sources said US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer planned a bid of $1.
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US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer pays Â£17m to increase his stake in Manchester Utd for the second time in four days.
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LONDON  - Kidde PLC, the British fire and safety company, said Thursday it had agreed to a 1.4-billion-pound (&#36;2.8-billion-US) takeover by United Technologies Corp.
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LONDON/BOSTON  - United Technologies Corp. UTX.N  agreed on Thursday to acquire Britain's Kidde Plc KID.L for  $2.8 billion in cash in a deal aimed at expanding the U.S.  conglomerate's security system business.
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Barclays&#39; share price rose on Friday after Britain&#39;s third biggest bank denied it is facing liquidity problems despite being forced to borrow 1.6 billion pounds (2.4 billion euros, 3.2 billion dollars) from the Bank of England.
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Kidde PLC, a British fire and safety equipment maker, agreed Wednesday to open its books to United Technologies Corp. after receiving a new takeover offer from the US engineering giant.
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Barclays raises its offer for the Dutch bank ABN Amro, after China and Singapore invest in the UK firm.
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Manchester United last night appeared to move a step closer to successfully completing the signing of Wayne Rooney when they lodged an increased Â£25 million bid for the England striker.
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United Technologies (UTC), the parent company of security product manufacturer and integrator Chubb, is making an offer to purchase fire and safety product manufacturer Kidde plc.
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UK mini-conglomerate Novar has unveiled an Â£1.2bn ($2.3bn) bid from Honeywell of the US, a month on from rejecting another offer from Melrose.