Fresh bid talk fuels Boots shares
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Alliance Boots shares rise 3% on hopes that a private equity firm looking to buy the chemist will make a higher bid.
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Shares in Barclays  climbed for a second day on Friday as speculation mounted that Bank of America  could bid for the UK bank, with a leading analyst saying there could be strong merit to an acquisition.
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The health and beauty retailer Boots today warned of a difficult outlook for the crucial Christmas period, sending its shares down almost 5% in early trade.
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Bargain hunters may want to keep an eye on this stock.
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is teaming up with the Italian billionaire Stefano Pessina to make a takeover bid for Alliance Boots, Britainâs largest drugstore chain.
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Should Crocs investors take stock in the performance of Deckers?
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Shares on Wall Street are expected to open higher on Tuesday, taking a cue from a strong performance in European and Asian markets, while bid talk takes the top slot in a thin day for company events.
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Liverpool chairman David Moores is considering his position because of constant takeover talks.
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Investors bid up shares of LED maker on rumors of buyout by lighting giant.
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Buyout funds Cerberus  and JC Flowers have not ruled out re-entering the race to buy ailing bank Northern Rock Plc  after Britain smoothed financing for a deal, people familiar with the matter said.
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Shares in Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group yesterday raced ahead of the latest takeover offer, gaining 23 Â¢ to $3.14 as investors speculated Coles Myer was building a strategic stake in the pub and poker machine operator.
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The European Commission waves through the Â£11.1bn buyout of Alliance Boots by KKR and deputy chairman Stefano Pessina.
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The bidding war for Dutch banking group ABN Amro, which has pitted Britain&#39;s Royal Bank of Scotland against rival Barclays, looms large over the London stock market next week.
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The sharemarket will move into record territory this week despite an expected mixed opening tomorrow. Market watchers say shares will hit new highs because they remain cheap following the recent bumper profit and dividend season.
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Investors in Alliance Boots, the British pharmacy giant, have voted overwhelmingly for an agreed takeover by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in what is Europe&#39;s largest buyout by a private equity firm, it emerged Thursday.
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With news that the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has knocked back a Â£1.35bn offer from its German rival Deutsche Boerse, the ordinary shareholder may be wondering what lies ahead.
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A bid by US investment group KKR and the deputy chairman of Alliance Boots, Europe's biggest pharmacy chain, to takeover the group is far from set in stone, a business daily reported on Monday.