Investors put Â£1.5bn tag on Kidde
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Shareholders in Kidde, the fire protection group, have indicated they would be prepared to sell out if United Technologies Corporation (UTC), the US industrial conglomerate
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LONDON  - British fire and safety product manufacturer Kidde said it had agreed to a 1.44-billion-pound (2.09-billion-euro, 2.80-billion-dollar) takeover offer from US group United Technologies Corp.
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United Technologies made a 1.35 billion pound bid for Kidde, but the fire-fighting equipment maker has rejected the offer, saying it undervalues the company.
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Bank of England expected to push rates up to 5.75%.
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Deutsche Boerse is ready to make a revised offer for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) that would value it at 1.5 billion pounds (2.12 billion euros, 2.88 billion dollars), the Observer newspaper reported.
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SYDNEY A fund managed by Macquarie Bank, Australia&#39;s largest investment bank, said Thursday that it had agreed to buy NTL&#39;s transmission towers in Britain for Â£1.27 billion, or $2.47 billion.
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Shareholders in Australian equipment hire firm Coates Hire Ltd  voted on Monday to approve a A$1.7 billion ($1.5 billion) private equity-backed offer from rival National Hire Group Ltd .
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_ Kidde PLC, the British fire and safety company, said Thursday it had agreed to a 1.4 billion pound ($2.8 billion) takeover by United Technologies Corp.
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British manufacturer Kidde PLC agreed to a Â£1.4 billion ($2.8 billion) takeover by US manufacturer United Technologies Corp. Thursday, but some analysts said the offer should have been higher.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson announced a $25.4bn (Â£13.1bn) deal yesterday to buy Guidant Corporation, giving the healthcare company a stake in the fast-growing market for devices that regulate heartbeats.
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Kidde PLC, the British fire and safety company, said Thursday it had agreed to a 1.4 billion pound (&#36;2.8 billion) takeover by United Technologies Corp.
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Prudential has surprised investors with plans for a one billion pound rights issue largely to fund expansion in the UK. Shares in Britain&#39;s second-largest listed insurer
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Russian officials handling the sale of a stake in oil giant Lukoil have set a opening price of $1.9bn (Â£1bn) for 7.6% of the company.
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Eurocastle Investment, a London-listed group managed by US private equity group Fortress Investment, is to pay â¬300m (Â£210m) for a Deutsche Bank property portfolio, the latest deal in the vast property sell-off under way in Germany.
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BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest miner, will buy back as much as A$1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) of its Australian stock as part of a plan to return profit from soaring commodity prices to investors.
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KKR & Co. LP , the prominent  U.S. buyout firm that pioneered the leveraged buyout industry,  filed with regulators on Tuesday to raise up to $1.25 billion  in an initial public offering.
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BHP Billiton Limited (BHP) announced today that it would undertake an off-market share buyback of between $1 billion and $1.5 billion.