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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-04-29 10:11 BRIEF-Takeover Panel gives May 11 bid deadline for Gulfsands

By Rob Davies29 April 2010, 8:42am If the Chinese are to be believed, the number eight represents good fortune in any area of life you care to name, from love to finance. Getting better: The Footsie recovered yesterday. WANT TO KNOW MORE? Yahoo boss admits she could have done better Fortnum enters posh food fight Greece downgrade ruins week for FTSE Daily Mail share tips: ARM Holdings | Reckitt Benckiser Newspaper and magazine share tips FTSE LATEST 5615.7329.12 do ...

By Gabriel Madway SAN FRANCISCO, April 28 (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co announced a $1.2 billion deal to buy Palm Inc, betting it can resuscitate the struggling smartphone maker to compete with the likes of Apple Inc and RIM. The news on Wednesday was a surprise to many on Wall Street, since much of the long-running takeover speculation surrounding Palm had shifted in recent weeks to fo ...

Rob Davies, Daily Mail27 April 2010, 10:55pm Devon-based support services firm Connaught is basking in the spring sunshine like the cat that got the clotted cream, after halfyear figures proved encouraging on all fronts. Rollercoaster: Shares have been hit by the Greek financial crisis WANT TO KNOW MORE? Footsie panics as Greek debt slashed to junk Newspaper and magazine share tips FTSE LATEST 5541.09-62.43 document.write(""); document.write(""); document.write ...

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-04-27 22:35 UPDATE 3-Candover says received initial takeover approach

By Chelsea Emery NEW YORK, April 27 (Reuters) - There were no secrets kept by those who scrambled to value Lehman Brothers assets in the tumultuous hours before the collapsing U.S. investment firm sold its core U.S. brokerage to British bank Barclays Plc in 2008, Lehman's former president testified on Tuesday. In the second day of a trial over whether Barclays received an improper $11.2 b ...

By Chelsea Emery NEW YORK, April 27 (Reuters) - There were no secrets kept by those who scrambled to value Lehman Brothers assets in the tumultuous hours before the collapsing U.S. investment firm sold its core U.S. brokerage to British bank Barclays Plc in 2008, Lehman's former president testified on Tuesday. In the second day of a trial over whether Barclays received an improper $11.2 b ...

By Peter Dinkloh and Micheal Erman FRANKFURT/NEW YORK, April 27 (Reuters) - Germany's E.ON , the world's largest utility by sales, agreed to sell its U.S. business, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The power provider aims to announce the agreement between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, said the people who declined to be identified as the transaction is still confiden ...

Daily Mail27 April 2010, 8:34am Prudential's largest shareholder has reservations about the insurer's audacious bid for Asian insurer AIA. Prudential: Making a play for AIA WANT TO KNOW MORE? Latest share price: Prudential FTSE LATEST 5678.59-75.26 document.write(""); document.write(""); document.write(""); £12.50 SHARE DEALING • Buy and sell shares online or by phone for £12.50 (£20 for certificates) TALK ABOUT SHARES Join the lively de ...

Simon Duke, Daily Mail27 April 2010, 8:15am As BSkyB's lawyers continued their neverending struggle against Britain's media regulator, more prosaic matters have begun to conspire against the satellite giant. Slow down: Sky added fewer subscribers than expected. WANT TO KNOW MORE? Income investors should dodge ex-dividend stocks Sunday newspaper share tips FTSE LATEST 5680.81-73.04 document.write(""); document.write(""); document.write(""); £12.50 SHARE D ...