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RARE ALERT: Gemalto said to ... part 5

Tuesday, 12 September 2017, 3:47 pm

Gemalto, the digital security company, is once again at the centre of takeover speculation.

According to sources claiming to be familiar with the matter, Oracle has made fresh approach for Gemalto valuing the business at between EURO 56 and Euro 59 a share.

Atos, the French IT services company, is also said to be keeping an eye on Gemalto, said these sources claiming to be familiar with the matter...

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RARE ALERT: Central Asia Metals said to ...

Monday, 4 September 2017, 8:18 am

Central Asia Metals, a copper mining company, is in advanced discussions about carrying out a large M&A deal in Macedonia.

This morning the AIM-listed company suspended its shares following an enquiry from Betaville on Friday regarding the deal talks.

It's not clear which company Central Asia Metals is in talks with but industry sources suggested the takeover target could be the Sasa mine, a Lead and Zinc producer based in North East Macedonia...

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Burmese Business - part 7

Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 7:25 pm

The Chinese appeared to have lost some of their appetite for Western businesses after a couple of years of hoovering up some of America and Europe's largest companies. In fact, Betaville wrote a piece on the topic in the The Sunday Times a couple of weeks ago. Below is the link to that feature:..

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Estee Lauder said to ... - part 3

Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 11:24 am

I see the top brass at Estee Lauder yesterday sent an internal "memo" to employees to quash the rather detailed takeover speculation aired in recent days, including by yours truly in The Sunday Times this/last weekend. Unsurprisingly, some financial media organisations ate it up in the usual manner of a pissing contest...

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Wonder Wilson and bank rows...

Tuesday, 22 August 2017, 7:34 pm

Hat tip to my old Telegraph colleague Harry Wilson, now City editor at The Times, who today landed a rather good scoop about Eric Daniels, chief executive of Lloyds during the bailout, suing his old employer for hundreds of thousands of pounds of unpaid bonuses.

Below is a link to Harry's story, which was splashed across the front page of the The Times business section:..

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