Betaville gets back on Tip TV...and talks about Metso
Good news - Tip TV asked me back onto the show today to talk about M&A. ..
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Good news - Tip TV asked me back onto the show today to talk about M&A. ..
A couple of US academics have just published some research on Merger & Acquisition (M&A) reporting (a subject close to my heart) in the US.
They have come up with some interesting theories on how to tell whether M&A stories will come "true".
I'm not sure I would agree with everything these academics espouse but they make a couple of valid points nonetheless.
Click on the link below to read the original article:..
Being a rather self-deprecating chap (I'm half English, after all) I tend to avoid shameless self promotion. But on this occasion, I can't resist...
Good news - I have become a TV celebrity...
In discreet Mayfair hotel bars men in dark glasses are talking about Remy Cointreau. But it's not because they like drinking expensive Cognac...
Sweett Group shares have taken a hammering this morning, tumbling by almost 30pc.
This is because the company, one of Britain's oldest quantity surveyors, said it has discovered evidence that suggests "material instances of deception may have been perpetrated by a former employee or employees of the group during the period of 2009 - 2011".
As a result, Sweett Group has commissioned a further independent investigation by lawyers from Mayer Brown LLP...
Gary Parkinson take a bow...
Great scoop from Ben Marlow over the weekend about House of Fraser...
Loyal Betaville readers might have noticed I am back from my jaunt in the French Alps...
American giant Whirlpool is closing in on a Euro 2.3 billion acquisition of Indesit, an Italian home appliances company that sponsors Arsenal Football Club.
According to a source familiar with the matter, Whirlpool has already approached Indesit's largest shareholder, Fineldo, about a takeover deal. Fineldo is the investment vehicle for the Merloni family, which founded Indesit in 1975...
Loyal Betaville readers might have noticed my blogging has been a bit less busy this week...
Interesting to see Pirelli and Rosneft announce this morning the Russian gas giant has acquired a significant stake in the tyre group's holding company.
Back in January I came across a story about Rosneft and Goldman Sachs's private equity unit teaming up to back a management buy-out of Pirelli.
I checked the story out with Rosneft, Goldman Sachs (neither of whom commented) and Pirelli's spokesperson, who vehemently denied to the tale...
Here is a tale about a potential US deal that may have significant implications for Newcastle United Football Club.
Good sources tell me the American cable group AMC Networks has been sniffing around World Wrestling Entertainment Inc, the US-listed company behind those wrestling programmes, such as Raw and Smackdown...
I think I might have landed another genuine scoop. Here it is:
I understand a trust controlled by Italy's Agnelli family has been holding talks with Swiss Re about buying a 20pc stake in the insurance giant worth up to 8bn Swiss Francs.
According to sources familiar with the matter, the Agnelli family trust is planning to buy the 20pc stake in Swiss Re by making a 'tender offer' to all shareholders with an agreement from the Swiss Re board...
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