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Interserve rumblings...

Saturday, 3 August 2019, 10:56 am

It sounds like the banks and hedgies that ended up owning the failed Interserve are already becoming fed up with being proprietors of the government contracting giant.

According to reliable City sources, Royal Bank of Scotland et al have asked advisers at Lazard to start drawing up plans for a sale of some or all of the group, which could kick off in earnest as early as this September...

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RARE ALERT: Amgen said to ... - Part 3

Wednesday, 31 July 2019, 5:32 pm

There are some Twitter users, namely Trinvest3, who are completely misrepresenting Betaville's content on the social media platform.

Once again, Trinvest3 (presumably from Spain), is talking BOLLOCKS claiming I wrote certain facts in an article involving Amgen that I didn't actually write.

I just thought I would clear that up!..

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Tags: Amgen

A confirmation of sorts at BBA Aviation...

Tuesday, 30 July 2019, 8:35 pm

Sometimes confirmations come within hours of a report; sometimes they take months. Or, in the case of BBA Aviation: a year!

Today the FTSE 250-listed business anounced it is selling its Ontic division to CVC Capital Partners for almost $1.4 billion...

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RARE ALERT: Mercia Asset Management said to ... - Part 2

Friday, 26 July 2019, 2:55 pm

I do wish Betaville's friends at Bloomberg would accurately aggregate content from my website.

To be clear, people claiming to be familiar with matter said Woodford has sold Woodford Patient Capital Trust's 5pc stake in Mercia Asset Management for around 30p but NOT the whole of the 24pc shareholding as suggested by the aggregated version of my story on Bloomberg...

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