Scottish Power accepts &#36;22.5B buyout bid
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Scottish Power PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to a $22.5 billion buyout offer from the Spanish utility Iberdrola SA that would create one of Europe's biggest utilities.
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Electricite de France said it raised 2.57 billion euros (&#36;3.17 billion) from the sale of its 2.3 percent stake in French oil company Total SA on Wednesday.
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The bid by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and two other European banks topped an offer by Barclays.
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National Grid Transco, the Britain-based deliverer of energy, announced it has agreed to sell four of its gas distribution networks to consortia in cash deals worth 5.8 billion pounds.
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One of Scotlandâs most famous whisky brands has been sold to a French company for Â£300 million, it was announced tonight. The board of Glenmorangie confirmed
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Holidays-to-insurance company Saga has been sold in a Â£1.35bn ($2.43bn) management buyout deal backed by private equity firm Charterhouse.
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Dynegy agreed to buy the LS Power GroupÂs electricity plants in a deal made four years after the company was pushed close to bankruptcy.
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A British real estate group said it had agreed to buy the 42-story tower that houses Citigroupâs London headquarters for about $2 billion from the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
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ScottishPower announces rises in its gas and electricity prices from next month.
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Allegheny Energy Inc. (AYE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it agreed to sell an Illinois power plant to energy buyout firm ArcLight Capital Partners for $173 million and will use the proceeds to reduce debt.
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Power company Dominion Resources Inc. said Monday that its electric utility unit agreed to buy a North Carolina plant for $40.2 million in cash plus the assumption $60.5 million in debt and associated costs.
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Scottish &amp; Southern Energy Plc, the UK&#39;s fourth-largest energy supplier, and Canada&#39;s Talisman Energy Inc. plan a wind farm 25 kilometres (16 miles) off the coast of Scotland to test deepwater windmills.
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Iberdrola agreed to buy ScottishPower for $22.5 billion in a move that would create one of EuropeÂs largest utilities.
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Scottish Power and EDF Energy become the latest energy suppliers to make significant price cuts.
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The British power and gas system operator National Grid Transco PLC said Tuesday it has sold four regional natural gas distribution networks for 5.8 billion pounds (&#36;10.4 billion) in three deals.
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Kidde, the UK fire and safety products company, said yesterday it had accepted a cash offer from United Technology Corporation that values the group at Â£1.442bn.
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Investcorp SA, a private investment firm, has inked a $350 million all-cash deal to buy 54 business publications put on the block by The Thomson Corp.