SN Brussels, Virgin Express Sign Merger
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SN Brussels Airlines and Richard Branson's Virgin Express Holdings Plc said Wednesday they signed an agreement to create a single airline based in Brussels.
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PARIS Snecma, a state-run maker of airplane engines, and Sagem, a maker of mobile phones and defense electronics, said Friday that they had agreed to merge in a transaction that would create a company worth about â¬7.
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British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are to pay a combined 200 million dollars (136.2 million euros) in compensation to millions of passengers for colluding over fuel surcharges on tickets, lawyers said on Friday.
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British entrepreneur and adventurer Richard Branson, owner of the Virgin Group, announced Monday he has signed a deal with US company Mojave Aerospace Ventures (MAV) to put paying travelers into space.
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Virgin Group Ltd. is looking to launch mobile operations in China and India within the next 18 months, through joint venture deals, the London-based company said Tuesday.
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Two of the UK's largest life insurers, Friends Provident and Resolution, agree to merge in a deal worth Â£8bn.
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Nova Chemicals Corp., Canada&#39;s largest chemical maker, and BP Plc, Europe&#39;s biggest oil company, agreed to merge their European styrenics polymer businesses into a 50-50 venture to reduce costs.
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Virgin is one of four firms battling it out for the New Cross Country rail franchise.
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By SOPHIE FREEMAN Daily Post Business Staff  THE merger between Carphone Warehouse and the UK arm of AOL was approved by the European Commission yesterday, after the regulatory body decided the move would not "significantly impede" effective competition in the sector.
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Dutch financial group SNS Reaal  is to buy the Dutch insurance operations of France's AXA  for 1.75 billion euros ($2.35 billion) to double its domestic market share and save costs.
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Virgin Mobile UK, the UK mobile virtual network operator, is boosting its mobile data capabilities through a key deal with InfoSpace Mobile.
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Dutch financial group SNS Reaal   said on Monday it will acquire the Dutch insurance  operations of France&#39;s AXA  for 1.75 billion euros  ($2.35 billion), which will be partly funded by an equity  issue.
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The Virgin chief Sir Richard Branson announced his company has signed an agreement potentially worth Â£14 million to secure the world&#39;s first commercial flights to space.
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Richard Branson&#39;s Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced an agreement with Nigeria to set up a new airline following the collapse of the African nation&#39;s flagship carrier last year.
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Acquires Belgian IT services outfit Telecoms giant BT has acquired Belgian-based network systems integrator INS Group S.A. as it continues to push the brand beyond British shores.â¦
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The Nationwide and Portman building societies are to merge, creating a mutual body with assets of more than Â£150bn.
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LONDON, December 20  - The London Stock Exchange (LSE-GBX) announced today that it has received a purchase offer from the Franco-Belgian stock exchange, Euronext.