Tagged: 'the times'

You don't often find deal stories in The Times stock tipping column Tempus.

Chums at The Times dedicate a double page spread in today's business section to a piece about a quite scintillating deal rumour: a possible £300 billion tie up of AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline.

A good spot from business hacks at The Times today to notice that the bear that mauled Trustpilot last week sold out of its entire short position just after releasing its scathing report that alleged the company was running "mafia-style extortion racket".

There weren't too many deal scoops in the British newspapers this weekend but there were plenty of opinion pieces and editorials about the Shell - BP hullabaloo created by rivals at the Wall Street Journal last week.

Alex "Ralphy" Ralph of The Times has landed a decent line about Smith & Nephew, the FTSE 100 medical devices company. 

Alistair "Acerbic" Osborne has followed up on the note from scribblers at Canaccord Genuity's Quest about takeover activity in the London market.

A good spot from former Mail on Sunday colleague Helen Cahill, now of The Times business section.

So, maverick Mike Ashley is looking to engineer a merger of Boohoo with rival online fashion retailer Asos.

It's not often the Tempus stock tipping column in The Times offers a takeover tip so when it does little old Betaville pays attention, especially when the piece is written by veteran financial commentator William Kay.