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An observation on European M&A...

Loyal readers will know that Betaville's has recently dug out a string of corking UNCOOKED and RARE alerts about European takeover situations, such as ICA Gruppen, CNP Assurance and Telecom Italia.

There is something that struck me about this recent spate of deals on the European continent: many of them involve their largest strategic shareholder taking the company private.

And Betaville suspects there could be a few more of this ilk.....

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Sunday review: Marks and Spencer, TIM S.p.A and SSE

First WM Morrison, then J Sainsbury and now, according to The Sunday Times, Apollo wants to buy Marks and Spencer.

Indeed, Jim "Armo" Armitage of The Sunday Times who has dug out a corking tale about the American private equity firm weighing a bid for M&S. Below is the link:..

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