| All options open on N.Rock: UK's Darling In a speech to the Royal Society of Arts, Darling said it would be irresponsible not to consider all the options. "I would like to find a private sector solution but all options, incl ...[more] |
| Mizuho in talks to invest in Merrill: sources ), Japan's second-biggest bank, is in talks to invest more than $925 million in Merrill Lynch & Co Inc MER.N, sources said on Tuesday, amid speculation the U.S. bank is looking to further boost ...[more] |
| Northern Rock faces key vote as takeover hopes dim Two of the lender's biggest shareholders have urged investors to support their proposals to give shareholders more power, hoping to ensure they get a fair price for their holdings under rescu ...[more] |
| Daimler, BMW focus on engine collaboration: report ) and German rival BMW () are focusing on engines rather than complete auto platforms as areas for possible cooperation, Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche told a German newspaper. ...[more] |
| Citi likely to announce dividend cut, layoffs: report ) is likely to announce on Tuesday a significant dividend cut, at least $10 billion of new capital and a writedown of as much of $20 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. ...[more] |
| Four U.S. bidders vying for UK's Whatman: report ) and Danaher () are vying to win control of British laboratory equipment company Whatman WHM.L, the Financial Times said on Tuesday. The newspaper, without citing sources, said Par ...[more] |
| Delta in merger talks with Northwest: congressman ) has begun merger talks with Northwest Airlines NWA.N, the office of House of Representatives Transportation Committee Chairman James Oberstar said on Wednesday. The Minnesota Demo ...[more] |
| Roche extends offer to acquire Ventana ) said on Wednesday it has extended its offer to acquire Ventana Medical Systems Inc VMSI.O by two months to March 14, the fifth extension in Roche's pursuit of the U.S. cancer diagnostics company. ...[more] |
| Sun Micro to buy MySQL for $1 billion ) said on Wednesday it would buy Swedish open-source developer MySQL AB for about $1 billion to expand into the $15 billion database market, and that preliminary quarterly results showed no impact ...[more] |
| BEA accepts sweetened Oracle offer ), the world's third-largest software maker, won a three-month-long campaign to buy BEA Systems Inc BEAS.O by raising its bid for the company by 14 percent to $8.5 billion. Icahn an ...[more] |
| Raiffeisen unit to double M&A share in E.Europe Raiffeisen Investment, the mergers and acquisitions advisory business for Austrian banking group Raiffeisen Zentralbank, has a 10 percent market share in a region where Sernetz estimates annu ...[more] |