Thursday, 13 June 2024 3:57 pmClearly Mark "The Kleinmanator" Kleinman of Sky News is just as keen to crack up open the Foxtons takeover story as little old Betaville.
Thursday, 09 May 2024 9:12 amMark "The Kleinmanator" Kleinman of Sky News appears to be the only British hack interested in following up little old Betaville's series of UNCOOKED Alerts about the takeover rumours surrounding London-listed estate agent Foxtons.
Monday, 08 April 2024 2:40 pmFoxtons, the London-listed estate agency group, has hired a financial adviser that has previously sold several other similar firms, raising speculation the company may weigh a strategic review in the coming months.
Monday, 13 November 2023 3:27 pmAnother large shareholder in Foxtons has called on the London-listed estate agent and broker to carry out a sale process.
Monday, 17 October 2022 7:46 amThere weren't too many deal scoops of note in the British newspapers this weekend as clearly the focus was on the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kasi Kwarteng, the new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, and Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England.
Monday, 27 September 2021 8:45 pmThree years ago Betaville was ruminating on what a shocking investment Foxtons had been since it floated on the LSE in 2013 at 230p.
Monday, 07 June 2021 6:53 pmThe Times is now reporting that Hosking Partners, run by veteran stock market investor Jeremy Hosking, is demanding a "radical" shake up within the board of Foxtons.
Monday, 31 May 2021 10:54 amThere was one story that caught my eye in the British Sunday newspapers' business sections yesterday - The Sunday Times excellent scoop on Foxtons, the London-listed estate agency that it is reviled by home buyers and investors.
Friday, 05 June 2020 1:18 pmSeafox International has been accumulating more stock in Gulf Marine Services, the Abu Dhabi-based oilfield services company that it tried to buy last month.
Tuesday, 25 September 2018 9:42 amOh look - Comcast has just announced it owns over 30pc of Sky after tapping up shareholders (officially) for stock after the Saturday's shenanigans were finalised.
Saturday, 22 September 2018 12:32 pmThe reason Betaville posits such a question in the headline is that yesterday it was suggested in The Times that Ian Osborne - a former adviser to former British Prime Minister David Cameron - is trying to buy Fortune magazine from Meridith Corporation via his advisory firm/investment vehicle Connaught, which counts Sir Simon Robey as a director.
Wednesday, 22 August 2018 10:36 pm21st Century Fox is said to have appointed a powerful shareholder solicitation firm amid speculation it is preparing to launch a final "knockout" offer for Sky.
Wednesday, 20 December 2017 7:44 pmCrispin Odey's firm yesterday sold around 192,000 Sky shares, according to Bloomberg data. That's probably not a clever thing to do, say rival hedgies, if your trying to argue 21st Century Fox should make a higher offer, which is what the old buffer was doing on the record earlier this week by handing out quotes to Reuters and the Evening Standard with the argument that FTSE 100-listed Sky should be sold for 12 times cashflow or £12.30 a share (see the links below).
