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Deals, Deals, Deals ... in a bear market - Part 60

Today's string of deals include the long awaited sale of Vodafone's Spanish unit to Zegona Communications for £4.3 billion. Below is a link to the announcement:

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/ZEG/zegona-to-acquire-vodafone-spain-for-eur-5-0bn/16188392..

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Deals, Deals, Deals ... in a bear market - Part 38

There are plenty of gloomy dealmakers out there as deal volumes are generally down compared with the previous two years.

Still, that doesn't there is nothing going on.

FTSE 100-listed Informa, for example, today annouced the $940 million purchase of rival Tarsus from super secretive private equity firm Charterhouse. Below is the link to the press release:..

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Etisalat buys 10pc stake in Vodafone ... - Part 2

This morning Vodafone disclosed that Etisalat now owns 12pc of the FTSE 100-listed telecoms giant.

Well, it wasn't exactly Abu Dhabi-based Etisalat carrying out the Vodafone share buying but Emirates Investment Authority vehicles, such as Atlas 2022 Holdings, connected to Etisalat. Below is the link to the announcement:..

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Canaccord Genuity's Quest bullish about takeover deals ... - Part 4

It's that time of the year when scribblers at Canaccord Genuity's Quest release a note with their UK M&A takeover tips - all 94 of them.

Graham Simpson who compiled this list of of potential takeover targets, writes: "UK companies continue to look materially undervalued, potentially making them takeover targets for both private equity and international corporates."..

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Weekend review: Vodafone, Superdry and Asos...

Chums on The Sunday Times had a decent haul this weekend.

Jamie "Nimmers" Nimmo landed the splash (lead item) in the business section about FTSE 100 giant Vodafone and his tale seemed to suggest activist investor Cevian may be looking to re-build a shareholding in the business following the departure of Nick Reid, the chief executive. Below is a link to Nimmers's story:..

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FTSE 100 giants Vodafone, Unilever and Reckitt Benckiser are potential takeover targets for predators, report Bloomberg

Bloomberg is suggesting Vodafone may now be a takeover target following its chief executive's decision to step down and poor share price performance.

Below is the link the Bloomie piece by former The Sunday Times hack Sabah Meddings...

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Deals, Deals, Deals ... in a bear market - Part 34

Perhaps there isn't a deal for Sam Bankman-Fried's crytpo exchange FTX after all!

Binance, a rival crypto exchange led by Changpeng Zhao, has now backed out and it's not looking good for Bankman-Fried, FTX and their clients. Below is a link to the latest on that sorry affair:

https://www.ft.com/content/593cad86-683c-4444-ac7b-c5c875fb4d95..

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