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Fer NewsShareholders warn British Energy that they will reject takeover offersSir Adrian Montague, chairman of British Energy, has been warned by some of the company’s biggest shareholders that they will reject any takeover offer for the nuclear power group unless it offers a “significant” premium to the current share price.Read Full Article Alistair Darling’s peace offer in attempt to halt the tax exodusAlistair Darling will this week offer an olive branch to multinationals in an attempt to head off a threatened corporate exodus from Britain.Read Full Article Softly, softly reply simply prolongs miseryWhat’s the best way of responding to a cold call? I ask because we get loads here in The Times Business department - PRs offering thrilling opportunities to attend telecoms conferences in Harrogate and so forth - and have noticed we each have different ways of handling them.Read Full Article Shareholder Carl Icahn tries to force Yahoo! to accept Microsoft bidCarl Icahn, the billionaire activist investor, has launched a boardroom coup against Yahoo!, threatening to oust its founder and seeking to force the online search engine to accept a $47 billion ($£24.1 billion) offer from Microsoft.Read Full Article Gala celebrations as Sir David Lean’s films are restored to gloryCannes is offering few new British films this year but there will be gala screenings of the late Sir David Lean’s work, given a new lease of life thanks to digital technology. Crackles and clicks that have blighted the sound have been removed, while dirt, green spots, in the original negatives have been deleted and repaired.Read Full Article External News for: ferPena goes over the wall to snap 0-fer - MLB.comPena goes over the wall to snap 0-ferMLB.comThat big doughnut carried through the lives of 21 at-bats without so much as a broken-bat single for the first baseman. ...and more »Pena goes over the wall to snap 0-fer - MLB.comPena goes over the wall to snap 0-ferMLB.comThat big doughnut carried through the lives of 21 at-bats without so much as a broken-bat single for the first baseman. ...and more »SNCF May Make Offer for Arriva, Prompt Bidding War, Times Says - BloombergSNCF May Make Offer for Arriva, Prompt Bidding War, Times SaysBloombergMarch 21 (Bloomberg) -- Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais may make an offer for Arriva Plc, prompting a takeover fight after ...and more »Pena goes over the wall to snap 0-fer - MLB.comPena goes over the wall to snap 0-ferMLB.comThat big doughnut carried through the lives of 21 at-bats without so much as a broken-bat single for the first baseman. ...and more »SNCF May Make Offer for Arriva, Prompt Bidding War, Times Says - BloombergSNCF May Make Offer for Arriva, Prompt Bidding War, Times SaysBloombergMarch 21 (Bloomberg) -- Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais may make an offer for Arriva Plc, prompting a takeover fight after ...and more »HUCKABY: Remember the king of the wild frontier - Gwinnettdailypost.comHUCKABY: Remember the king of the wild frontierGwinnettdailypost.comIn the old television shows, whenever Crockett would wind up in a scrape, his sidekick would shout out, “Give 'em what fer, Davy! Give 'em what fer! ...and more » |
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