Investors put Â£1.5bn tag on Kidde
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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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The bond insurer is raising $1 billion in an effort to stay afloat.
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Prudential is to tap investors for one billion pounds through a share issue, saying it needs the cash to fund its UK growth plans.
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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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Business & money: Â· Credit crunch creates Â£210bn backlog of buyouts Â· US sub-prime crisis claims more jobs and firms
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A Lazard board meeting today could set in motion a $3.2bn (Â£1.8bn) stock market flotation of the 156-year-old investment bank. Bruce Wasserstein, the bank&#39;s chief executive, has been working to win support
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Johnson &amp; Johnson announced a $25.4bn (Â£13.1bn) deal yesterday to buy Guidant Corporation, giving the healthcare company a stake in the fast-growing market for devices that regulate heartbeats.
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US manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. (HON.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday bid $1.5 billion in cash for Britain&#39;s Novar Plc
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British manufacturer Kidde PLC agreed to a Â£1.4 billion ($2.8 billion) takeover by US manufacturer United Technologies Corp. Thursday, but some analysts said the offer should have been higher.
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Prudential, the UK&#39;s second largest insurer, shocked its shareholders today by asking them to fund a Â£1bn expansion plan. The company has invited investors to buy one new share for every six they own at a reduced price of 308p.
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American engineering group United Technologies (UTC) yesterday moved a step closer to buying fire extinguisher maker Kidde. Kidde confirmed it was planning to open its books to UTC after receiving a revised 165p-a-share offer from the group.
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Sterling hovered around the 1.80 dollar mark for the first time since the start of the month.
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Russian officials handling the sale of a stake in oil giant Lukoil have set a opening price of $1.9bn (Â£1bn) for 7.6% of the company.
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The share flotation of India's Reliance Power raises $3bn (Â£1.5bn), making it India's biggest initial public offering.
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Dow Jones shareholders approve the $5bn (Â£2.5bn) takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
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The German bourse reportedly prepares to raise its proposed bid price for the London Stock Exchange to Â£1.5bn.
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BP could be forced to raise capital spending by $1.5bn (Â£820,000) next year because of sharply rising steel prices and increased competition for drilling rig services as oil companies lift investment to record levels.