BHP urged to improve its offer for rival Anglo American
Updated: 2024-04-29 21:09:34
Analysts said the bid needs to be more than £40bn to tempt Anglo to accept the deal. A bidding war could push the valuation higher.- Analysts said the bid needs to be more than £40bn to tempt Anglo to accept the deal. A bidding war could push the valuation higher.
Intermediate Capital Group snaps up leading legal business information provider for £650m
Updated: 2024-04-28 08:24:16The FTSE 100 private equity fund manager has bought Law Business Research from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners - a buyout firm in Los Angeles.BUSINESS LIVE: Anglo American snubs BHP bid; NatWest profits fall; Pearson English language boost
Updated: 2024-04-26 14:22:19
The FTSE 100 finished up 60.97 at 8139.83 - a new closing record high. It also hit a new intraday record of 8,146.79 earlier in the session.UK cybersecurity star Darktrace agrees £4.3bn private equity takeover
Updated: 2024-04-26 14:22:18The cybersecurity company has received an offer from US private equity firm Thoma Bravo, which tried to snap up Darktrace two years ago until talks broke down.NatWest follows rivals with profit slump
Updated: 2024-04-26 14:22:18The banking giant's pre-tax profits slumped by 27 per cent to £1.33billion in the opening three months of 2024, although this was above analyst expectations of £1.26billion.Anglo American snubs 'opportunistic' £31bn BHP bid
Updated: 2024-04-26 08:07:46Anglo American has rejected rival BHP Group's £31.1billion takeover proposal, which the London-listed miner said significantly undervalued the company and its future prospects.Sitting ducks: Host of British firms are in the firing line as predators circle
Updated: 2024-04-25 22:21:00
City analysts think vulnerable blue-chip stocks include Unilever, BP, Reckitt Benckiser, Standard Chartered, Entain and Burberry.Unilever in talks with the Government about ice-cream float in UK
Updated: 2024-04-25 21:00:19Boss Hein Schumacher (pictured) is to spin off a £15bn company that includes household names Ben & Jerry's, Wall's and Magnum next year.BHP launches £31bn bid for Anglo American: Audacious swoop threatens 'to set whole mining sector on fire'
Updated: 2024-04-25 21:00:18The offer is the second for a FTSE 100 company this year and fuelled fears over the health of the stock market amid a wave of takeover activity.BHP swoops on rival Anglo American in £31bn mining megadeal
Updated: 2024-04-25 14:20:20The FTSE 100 company - the world's largest platinum producer - said it received an 'unsolicited, non-binding and highly conditional' all-share bid from its much larger Australian rival, BHP.AstraZeneca lifted by blockbuster oncology drug sales
Updated: 2024-04-25 13:21:31The pharmaceutical giant reported total turnover climbed by $1.8billion at constant exchange rates to $12.7billion (£10.2billion) in the opening three months of 2024.Investors to vote on plans to double London Stock Exchange boss's pay to £13m
Updated: 2024-04-24 21:01:02London Stock Exchange Group wants to hike chief exec David Schwimmer's (pictured) maximum earnings from £6.25m to £13m.Reckitt Benckiser cleans house as Dettol-maker's sales soar
Updated: 2024-04-24 14:17:22The consumer goods giant, whose brands include Lemsip and Nurofen, reported that like-for-like net turnover rose by 1.5 per cent in the first three months of 2024.MARKET REPORT: Weak metal prices drag FTSE miners into the red
Updated: 2024-04-23 21:19:03Anglo American fell 2.3% to 2111p, Antofagasta dropped 2.1% to 2155p, Rio Tinto lost 1.3% to 5317p and Glencore shed 1.4% to 468.5p.FTSE 100 chalks up a second record closing high in a row
Updated: 2024-04-22 21:37:53Positive corporate updates and fresh data showing easing grocery price inflation helped the leading UK stock market index to chalk up two record high days in a row.Takeovers leave UK stock market facing 'death by a thousand cuts'
Updated: 2024-04-22 21:37:53Shares in Hipgnosis, which owns the rights to back catalogues ranging from Blondie (pictured) to Neil Young, rose 11.6%, or 10.7p, to 102.6pRoyal Mail steps up defence in bid battle with 'Czech Sphinx' billionaire
Updated: 2024-04-22 21:37:53Parent company International Distributions Services begged Ofcom to 'accelerate' a review that would let it slash services and save cash.