Permira buys Ahold Spanish stores
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Dutch retailer  Ahold sells its network of about 600 Spanish retail stores to private equity group Permira.
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MADRID/LONDON  - Spain's Iberdrola  is to buy Scottish Power  for an agreed 11.6 billion pounds ($22.5 billion) in cash and shares to create Europe's third-biggest utility and a world leader in renewable energy.
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Somerfield is embarking on a rapid expansion by buying small Safeway stores that are no longer wanted by WM Morrison. Having fended off an unwanted takeover bid last year, Somerfield raised Â£51m through a
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Permira, the private equity firm that owns New Look, has moved to increase its exposure to the retail sector by bidding for Toys &#39;R&#39; Us, the struggling toy chain.
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The battle for Spanish energy firm Endesa taken a new twist as fellow Spain company Acciona buys a 10% stake.
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Italian electricity group Enel has bought 10 percent of Spanish utility Endesa and wants up to 24.99 percent of the company under a plan that appears to enjoy political support in Madrid and Rome.
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AMSTERDAM Shares in Ahold, the Dutch retailer, gained more than 3 percent on Monday after it agreed to sell its Spanish assets to Permira Advisers, a venture capital group based in London, for E685 million.
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MARKS &amp; Spencer, which is battling to revive its fortunes after a series of sales slides, today said it had clinched a Â£125 million deal to buy the per una fashion brand aimed at young women.
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The networking gear maker buys privately held network security software developer Perfigo.
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BBVA, Spain's second-largest bank, said Tuesday it has agreed to buy Texas-based Laredo National Bancshares for $850 million in cash as part of a strategy to gain a greater share of the U.S. Hispanic market.
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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, the No.2 Spanish bank, agreed Tuesday to buy Laredo National Bancshares for $850 million to gain more customers in the US Southwest.
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SANTANDER Central Hispano, the Spanish bank that last year bought Britain - s Abbey National, yesterday sold its last shares in Royal Bank of Scotland, its partner of 16 years.
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The Perrigo Company, the world's largest maker of store-branded over-the-counter drugs, reached an agreement to buy Agis Industries, a developer and manufacturer of prescription generic drugs.
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Perrigo Co., a maker of over-the-counter drugs and supplements for the store-brand market, said Monday that it agreed to buy Israeli generic drug giant Agis Industries Ltd.
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Marks and Spencer announced it had acquired the &quot;per una&quot; clothing brand for 125 million pounds (182 million euros, 223 million dollars), in a deal the group hopes will help to lift falling sales.
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A Spanish bank has reached an agreement to acquire Laredo National Bancshares Inc. for $850 million. Laredo-based LNB, which has a branch in Austin at 5532 Manchaca Rd.
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Swedish fashion retailer Hennes and Mauritz is in talks to buy all 35 shops belonging to Macmoda, Portugal's largest clothing retail chain.