Well, this morning's denial from Shell of yesterday's Wall Street Journal's 'scoop' about the FTSE 100 oil giant's 'active' takeover talks with BP is about as categorical as you can get.
Wednesday, 10 April 2024 2:26 pmCentaur Media, publisher of The Lawyer trade publication, has finally confirmed little old Betaville's RARE Alert about private equity interest published earlier this morning.
Tuesday, 04 October 2022 7:12 pmUS-listed IT services company DXC Technology has finally confirmed what little old Betaville has been banging on about during September - that the company is "in play".
Thursday, 24 June 2021 8:40 pmThere is something curious going on in the London market with the string of private equity bids for London-listed companies.
Friday, 13 October 2017 6:04 pmThat didn't take long. Just two years after acquiring PEI Media, publisher of one of the City's favoured trade rags, Lloyds Development Capital is weighing a sale of the business.