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So Uber has finally agreed a deal to buy Deliver Hero, the Germany-listed online food delivery company.
To underline my previous point about how busy the mergers & acquisitions market is: another London-listed business has this morning accepted a takeover bid from a private equity firm.
Little old Betaville suspects this might be one of the busiest times for dealmaking on both sides of Atlantic since the mid Noughties.
Arch rivals at Bloomberg have finally followed up little old Betaville's UNCOOKED Alert about the takeover rumours surrounding AtaiBeckley Inc, the US-listed developer of treatments for mental health disorders.
Amy-Jo Crowley and Milana Vinn of Reuters are on a bit of a roll.
Reuters has just pumped out a big scoop about a potential $53 billion takeover of PayPal, the online payment company.
Headlam, the London-listed flooring products distributor, has initiated a 'strategic review'.
It would appear the Watches of Switzerland takeover rumour that little old Betaville fist came across a few years ago has reared its head again.
It would appear arch rivals at Bloomberg have followed up little old Betaville's UNCOOKED Alert about the Conmed Corp takeover rumours.
French telecoms tycoon Xavier Niel has struck a deal to buy 16.2pc in Vodafone from Emirates Telecommunications for about £4.4 billion to become the largest shareholder in the FTSE 100-listed company.
Apollo has trumped Castlelake's takeover offer for FTSE 250-listed easyJet with a stunning 715p a share indicative bid.
Arch rivals at Bloomberg have pumped out another Qiagen takeover story, sending the company's shares 10pc higher.
An activist investor has been building a stake in Xerox Holdings Corp, the US-listed company that pioneered the photocopier.
I see arch rivals at Bloomberg have finally up followed up little old Betaville's UNCOOKED ALERT about Criteo, the US-listed French digital advertising company.
Apologies for the tardy update Betavillers but it's been a busy morning and lunchtime on the story gathering front.
Oliver "An Englishman in New York" Barnes is back at it.
Quelle surprise - the board of easyJet has now said it is 'minded' to recommend Castlelake's offer for the London-listed budget airline after the American investment firm raised the bid to 690p a share.
To the private gardens of private bank C. Hoare & Co on Fleet Street where Newcome Advisory held its first ever summer party.