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Sometimes "old news", if it isn't widely known, can actually turn out to be "new news".
It's good to see some British institutional shareholders develop a bit of a backbone and actually object to a takeover bid on the record for once.
You don't see this very often with takeover deals in the American biotechnology industry: a takeunder.
Last week easyJet shareholders told hacks at the Financial Times that the airline's board shouldn't accept less than £7.00 a share.
I see arch rivals at Bloomberg have followed up little old Betaville's UNCOOKED Alert about the BioLife Solutions takeover rumours published yesterday afternoon with their own version of the story.
Arch rivals at Bloomberg have just published a story about a rare (no pun intended) piece of potential takeover activity in the French market.
There is no let up in dealmaking over in the US.
Dealmaking in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals is ramping up again.
Good timing from old Richard Griffiths.
Easyjet, the FTSE 250-listed airline, has rejected Castlelake's latest indicative offer of 650p a share but given the American investment firm more time to carry out due diligence so that it can come up with an improve offer.
Albion River now own 12pc of Chemring, the FTSE 250-listed defence company.
Punchy stuff from Prologis.
I see arch rivals at Bloomberg yesterday reported that German consumer healthcare company Stada is exploring a takeover of Cooper Consumer Health, which is owned by private equity firm CVC.
London-listed FX and pawnbroker Ramsdens Holdings PLC is set to be sold to American rival FirstCash Holdings Inc for £203 million.
Hacks at the FT are reporting that easyJet's board and the company's investors are holding out for 700p a share from Castlelake.
Castlelake has gone public with its indicative offer for easyJet, the FTSE 250-listed budget airline easyJet.
Take a bow Oliver "An Englishman in New York" Barnes of the venerable Financial Times.
A British company that sells beer drinkers kits to brew their own fresh beer at home could be about to change hands for more than £300 million.