IT services company Axon came under the spotlight yesterday amid talk that the group could receive a counter offer from HCL Technologies.
In August, Axon became the latest British business to receive an offer from an Indian company.
Infosys, one...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top share index ended down 2.3 percent on Friday, registering its biggest weekly fall in six years, as banks and commodity stocks fell on global economic worries after the U.S. jobless rate jumped last month.
Vodafone...
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in BG Group rose as much as 5.1 percent on Thursday as traders cited market talk of bid interest from Exxon Mobil .
More than 6.5 million BG shares changed hands by 4:56 a.m. EDT, compared with a full-day...
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in BG Group rose as much as 5.1 percent on Thursday as traders cited market talk of bid interest from Exxon Mobil .
BG declined to comment.
"Heard that Exxon were sniffing," one trader said.
More than 6.5 million...
BG Group plc said it remains confident its $13.8 billion hostile takeover bid for Origin Energy Ltd represents "full and fair value".
In its target's statement, Origin urged its shareholders to reject the $15.50 share offer and said it had...
BG Group Plc could be forced to sell out of coal seam gas tenements held with Queensland Gas company Ltd to appease the competition watchdog, analysts say.
BG Group currently is involved in a takeover bid for Origin Energy Ltd.
The UK's third...
Background
BG Group Plc (LSE: BG.) is an integrated oil and gas company which has its headquarters in Reading, England. The company was created in 1997 when British Gas plc divested Centrica and became BG plc, which was reorganised in 1999 as BG Group plc. BG Group has use of the trading name "British Gas" outside the United Kingdom; Centrica owns the rights to use it within the UK.
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