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Tie-up is a ‘terrible deal for Britain’ that also poses risks for national security, Unite claimsMobile phone bills could rise by as much as £300 a year as a result of the merger of the UK operations of Vodafone and the owner of Three, a trade union ha…
Competition regulator had initially moved to block acquisition but concerns addressedThe UK’s competition watchdog has cleared Microsoft’s $69bn (£54bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the maker of games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, i…
Operator of more than 400 UK outlets plans to recommend Apollo’s latest offer to its shareholdersThe owner of Frankie & Benny’s and Wagamama will be taken private after it accepted a £506m takeover offer from the US buyout group Apollo.The Restaura…
FTSE 100 fashion chain has been buying up rivals since pandemic and could reach deal by end of weekThe clothing brand FatFace is set to become the latest high street fashion retailer to be taken over by Next in a deal thought to be worth more than £100…
Rumours of potential swoop by international rivals drives up shares in UK’s biggest insurerNils Pratley: Aviva no longer needs a rescue Shares in Aviva, the UK’s biggest insurer, jumped after reports that it could be the target of a takeover by a forei…
On Thursday Cisco agreed to buy Splunk in a $28 billion deal intended to address AI-enabled security and observability issues.
The $69bn acquisition is expected to go ahead as revised proposal addresses regulator’s concernsMicrosoft’s $69bn (£54bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the maker of games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, looks set to be cleared after th…
British tech firm valued at $52.3bn before highly anticipated flotation on Nasdaq by private owner SoftBankThe British chip designer Arm has secured a $52.3bn (£41.9bn) valuation in its initial public offering (IPO), before its highly anticipated retur…
US Department of Justice questions compliance with FTC order on data security and privacy practicesElon Musk’s takeover of Twitter created a “chaotic environment” at the social media platform that may have violated a government order requiring an overh…
PwC says owner plans to reopen stores under Poundland brand throwing lifeline to as many as 1,800 staffPoundland is to acquire up to 71 Wilko sites that it intends to reopen under its own brand in a deal that could throw a lifeline to some of the about…