Spain's Gas Natural drops bid for Endesa
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Spanish energy group Gas Natural said it was dropping its bid to buy electricity company Endesa, leaving it to E.ON of Germany to buy it and create a new European energy champion.
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British group Scottish Power accepted a takeover bid worth 11.6 billion pounds (17.15 billion euros, 22.55 billion dollars) from Spain's second-biggest power company Iberdrola, a move that is set to create Europe's third biggest utility group.
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HBOS said it had decided against bidding for the British mortgage bank Abbey National, clearing the way for an agreed offer from Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano (SCH).
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Australian nickel and copper miner WMC Resources has turned down an offer from Swiss-based Xstrata that valued the company at Aust.
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Williams Cos. Inc. (WMB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has scrapped efforts to sell its power business as the depressed wholesale market has damaged prospects for selling the unit, the natural gas company said on Thursday.
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Spanish public works and services group Acciona announced that it had bought 10 percent of Spain's largest electricity company, Endesa, for an estimated 3.38 billion euros (4.33 billion dollars).
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The Spanish energy sector, the scene of clashes between political and corporate forces in the last 12 months, was the scene of more titanic stake-building moves.
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Iberdrola shares lost about 2 percent on Tuesday after the Spanish power group said it would buy U.S. Energy East Corp. for $4.5 billion and that the acquisition would add to earnings from year one.
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English Premiership club Newcastle have reportedly rejected a takeover bid from the Belgravia Group.
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Directors at Spanish electricity group Endesa are expected to approve a takeover offer from German power company E.ON but will stop short of recommending it to shareholders.
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HBOS walked away from a possible bid for Abbey National yesterday, shortening the odds sharply on a Â£8.7 billion recommended offer from Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano being successful.
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German power firm E.ON says it may settle for a smaller stake in Spanish energy firm Endesa - or even drop its bid altogether.
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The minister leading Bolivia's efforts to nationalize Bolivia's oil and gas operations resigned Friday after his government backed down in a dispute with Brazil's state-run energy company, the industry's biggest investor.
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HBOS said it had decided against bidding for the mortgage bank Abbey National, clearing the way for an agreed offer from Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano (SCH).
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MADRID  - The Spanish government said Friday it plans to sell its  remaining stakes in airline Iberia, tobacco company Altadis and retailer Aldeasa in 2005.
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The battle for Spanish electricity provider Endesa is evidence that &quot;economic patriotism&quot; remains the order of the day in the European energy sector despite attempts by the European Commission to open up the industry to competition.
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Italian utility Enel SpA said Friday it had abandoned talks to acquire defunct telecommunications operator ISPE.