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Disney sells Miramax to investment group for $660m

• Construction company and private equity firm are new owners • Weinstein brothers beaten by price to buy Miramax back Walt Disney today sold Miramax for $660m (£422m), the film ... The Guardian - business - 4:33 p.m. Friday 30th July 2010 BST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

4 days, 1 hour ago

Standard Life throws spanner in bid for engineer Tomkins

• Jim Nicol was awarded £2.7m last year after cutting 4,000 jobs • David Cummings argues Canadian offer undervalues the firm David Cumming of Standard Life Investments has spoken out ... The Guardian - business - 8:42 p.m. Tuesday 27th July 2010 BST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Tomkins board recommends £2.9bn bid to shareholders

• Deal will give chief executive, Jim Nicol, a £30m payout • Standard Life with a 2.79% stake argues the offer is too low Jim Nicol, the Tomkins chief executive, ... The Guardian - business - 7:12 p.m. Tuesday 27th July 2010 BST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

5 days, 8 hours ago

UK Sport and Sport England to be merged, government announces

• Sports bodies join together to cut back bureaucracy • Merger will 'create a more effective structure to deliver success' UK Sport and Sport England, the two bodies that distribute ... The Guardian - sport - 2:19 p.m. Monday 26th July 2010 BST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Today in Sport: Discuss all the latest stories

• Discuss the day's big issues and send us your favourite links • Oliver Owen: Ferrari's team orders made perfect sense • Richard Williams: True Tour rivalry requires more hatred ... The Guardian - sport - 8:29 a.m. Monday 26th July 2010 BST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

6 days, 6 hours ago

Virgin Active in talks over £1bn sale

• Potential suitors include CVC Capital Partners, KKR, Blackstone and Advent • Virgin Active reported revenues of £391m last year Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Active is in early discussions with ... The Guardian - business - 3:48 p.m. Sunday 25th July 2010 BST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 week, 1 day ago

Condoms, car parts, oilfields spice up MA

A string of takeovers has enlivened Britain's near-moribund mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape this week, highlighting pent-up demand for deals among cash-rich corporations and private equity firms. ...@@@@Condoms, car parts, ... RecentNews.co.uk - 5 p.m. Friday 23rd July 2010 BST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Several Spanish savings banks fail stress test - report

Several of Spain's 18 savings banks, including some of those which have been involved in recent mergers, have failed to pass tests to see how strong they would be if ... Yahoo! UK - business - 6:48 a.m. Friday 23rd July 2010 BST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 week, 2 days ago

The Tomkins takeover bid has thrown up a rarity: a fund manager who speaks up

David Cumming of Standard Life has made his opinion public. If only all big investors were like him Well done, David Cumming of Standard Life Investments, who told the board ... The Guardian - business - 8:44 p.m. Thursday 22nd July 2010 BST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 week, 3 days ago

Reckitt bid for Durex firm is over-inflated

Bart Becht has made expensive purchases before, but could SSL be a flop? We used to think there were two reasons why SSL International, despite rumours over many years, might ... The Guardian - business - 8:35 p.m. Wednesday 21st July 2010 BST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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