France's Axa mulls bid for Standard Life -paper | Reuters
Sources close to the situation later said one of the unsuccessful suitors was life insurer Resolution . Separately, Standard Life's current chief financial ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
U.S. soldiers get emotional welcome home - Reuters
"Maybe now that we have a new defense secretary maybe we won't have to go back," said the soldier, who
declined to be named, as he hoisted his young daughter ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
Shi'ite officials press Iraq PM to tackle militias - Reuters
"The main problem for the government now is ... the Mehdi Army militia," said the official, who like others
declined to be identified because of sensitivities ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
REFILE-Sistema: Can't confirm D.Telekom stake report | Reuters
The Financial Times Deutschland, quoting
sources familiar with the matter, reported that Sistema had proposed acquiring the stake in Deutsche Telekom in ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
Swiss Re, Deutsche among Abbey suitors -sources - Reuters
... VX>, plan to submit offers for Abbey Life, the closed life fund Lloyds TSB
is selling, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
FTSE climbs on M&A talk - Reuters
Gallaher shares closed up 21.6 percent after the company said it had received an approach late Wednesday - a move which sources close to the situation said came ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
FTSE closes at 5 1/2 year high | Reuters
... a source familiar with the situation said on Friday. BT declined to comment. On the downside, oil exploration and production company Cairn Energy fell 1.6 ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
Lehman Brothers sets talk on $2.5 bln note sale-source - Reuters
Pricing is expected later on Tuesday. Lehman Brothers is the sole lead manager of the sale, the source said. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
Rate fears cap FTSE; M&A lifts Alliance Boots, ICI | Reuters
Alliance Boots jumped 7.5 percent after a source said that the board of the drug retailer and wholesaler was meeting to discuss a 9.7 billion-pound takeover ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
Sainsbury up on talk of 600 pence/shr bid - Reuters
Sainsbury and a consortium led by private investors CVC Capital Partners have held informal preliminary discussions, a person familiar with the situation said ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
Access to B'desh leaders restricted -supporters | Reuters
However, a government official who declined to be identified said on Wednesday: "This is a strange, mysterious situation." It should be clarified "for the ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
New Issue-India's NABARD to raise 2 bln rupees via bonds - Reuters
NABARD will include an unspecified greenshoe option, sources close to the deal said on Tuesday. Following are the terms and conditions of the issue ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
U.S. Justice Dept weighed firing 26 prosecutors: paper | Reuters
... sources familiar with documents withheld from the public. Gonzales testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week that the effort was limited to ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
PRESS DIGEST - British business - April 8 | Reuters
Sources close to Warner said the group is even keener to push ahead with its ambitions in the wake of last week's announcement by EMI that it is to abandon ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
Muehlhan prices IPO at 5.80 euros/share - Reuters
... a source close to a source close to the deal. The price is at the low end of the bookbuilding range of between 5.80 euros and 7.80 euros per ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
PREVIEW-Divi's Labs to more than double quarterly profit | Reuters
"Custom synthesis will be the company's main growth driver this quarter," an analyst, who declined to be identified, said. "The company is planning to ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
Iraqi Shi'ite leaders head to Najaf to avert crisis - Reuters
Sources close to Sadr said that he was in a "retreat" and he may not meet the delegation. But Ibadi said that the understanding was that he would meet the ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
Icahn offers to sell 7 mln KT&G shares -source - Reuters
"Icahn's group is offering the stake in an after-hours block deal," one of the sources, who declined to be identified, told Reuters by telephone. The deal ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
Car bomb in Iraq's Kufa kills 30 - ministry source | Reuters
The blast in a market in Kufa, one of the holiest cities in Iraq for majority Shi'ites, wounded 45 people, the source said. No other details were ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
Israel's Peres "sceptical" about UK's Syria overtures - Reuters
... the source said. Blair's spokesman told a news briefing on Wednesday: "People are aware that the status quo really isn't an option in the Middle East, that ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
UBS says cooperating in U.S. Treasury bonds probe - Reuters
How can you manipulate such a market?" said the Zurich-based analyst, who requested anonymity. Advertisement · Scroll to continue. Others said UBS was likely ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007
European shares end higher for 4th day; M&A, ECB help | Reuters
Gallaher shares surged 21.6 percent after receiving a bid approach, which sources close to the situation said came from Japan Tobacco <2914.T>. This helped ...
Reuters ∙ August 9, 2007