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Virgin Media receives private equity offer
News Virgin Media has received a takeover bid from private equity organisation, the Carlyle Group, it was revealed today. Press reports estimate the bid is in the region of £5bn. However, the company said it is not in negotiations regarding the offer to... [02 Jul 2007]
Atos Origin to be bought?
News French IT services company Atos Origin has entered discussions regarding a possible takeover, according to press reports. US private equity group Blackstone is said to be the interested party with a bid on the table that values the company at 35 to... [19 Oct 2006]
BT eyeing Tiscali buy?
News This is not the first time a suitor has been linked with Tiscali UK - back in April a Sunday Telegraph report suggested Vodafone had identified it as a possible takeover target. BT is eyeing up the UK division of Tiscali with a view to an... [21 Sep 2006]
PeopleSoft wins poison-pill reprieve
News Vice chancellor Leo Strine indicated he wants further details on Oracle's revised takeover offer and, particularly, why PeopleSoft's board rejected its competitor's unconditional $24-a-share offer, according to reports in the Associated Press and... [25 Nov 2004]
5 years ago… Vodafone Airtouch poised to make Mannesmann bid
News 09.11.1999: Vodafone AirTouch is on the verge of making a hostile takeover bid for Mannesmann, the German engineering group turned predatory telecoms player, according to UK press reports over the weekend. [09 Nov 2004]
Borland shares rise on takeover rumours
News A company representative when asked about the rumoured takeover said Borland would not comment on market speculation. Press reports have also speculated that Microsoft might make a counter-offer for Rational, which IBM is offered to buy for $10.50... [13 Dec 2002]
Eircom loses its board
News O'Reilly will takeover as chairman, while Phil Nolan, owner of UK natural gas network Lattice Group, will take the reigns as CEO, according to reports in the Irish press. Eircom, the Irish equivalent of BT, lost its entire board today as it walked... [16 Nov 2001]
Lost for Breathe and there goes the Sun
Comment Nothing like maintaining the good will of staff in a takeover, is there? We got a press release this week from a PR executive called Kate O'Nions of Harvard PR. Private Eye reports this week that an Express hack managed to get into print a leader... [12 Jan 2001]
LSE ownership, Lernout & Hauspie suspended and the BT break up
News A slightly less optimistic spokeswoman told the newspaper that the main points to gain from its hostile takeover offer are the press coverage it has generated. The FT reports that in Sweden, Telia has been the subject of a dawn raid by EC officials... [10 Nov 2000]
Telecoms round-up: Euro mega-mergers founder
News The move would mean an intensification of the takeover battle for a 28-60 day period during which - under German rules - Vodafone would be able to increase its all-stock offer. The latest twists could yet topple a Norwegian government that has... [13 Dec 1999]
Vodafone Airtouch poised to make Mannesmann bid
News Vodafone AirTouch is on the verge of making a hostile takeover bid for Mannesmann, the German engineering group turned predatory telecoms player, according to UK press reports over the weekend. The spinning of Mannesmann's telecoms business makes... [08 Nov 1999]
Deutsche Telekom in One2One takeover speculation
News Reports in this week's press have stated that Cable and Wireless and MediaOne Group, who each own 50% of the company, are set to agree a deal with the German telco within the week. According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, Deutsche Telekom... [30 Jul 1999]
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