Endesa sees bid as "favourable"
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Spanish energy giant Endesa says a Â£27bn bid from German firm E.ON is "favourable" but stops short of backing it.
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EON chief executive Wulf Bernotat has urged Endesa shareholders to vote in favour of lifting a cap on voting rights, saying that if not the German utility would drop its takeover offer of more than 41 billion euros (55 billion dollars) for the Spanish firm.
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LONDON/MILAN  - The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is confident of winning shareholder support for its 1.6 billion euro ($2.2 billion) bid for Borsa Italiana, it said on Monday, despite a mixed reception to the deal.
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Business & money: Cable company says it has received a takeover bid and is considering potential sale.
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Italian energy group Enel said on Thursday that it had agreed to buy an additional 11.58 percent of Spanish peer Endesa, meaning the Italian company now controls a 21.57-percent stake.
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Utility E.On AG said Friday it raised its offer for Spain's Endesa SA to $53.4 billion as it delivered its final bid in a more than year-long takeover saga.Comment
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Crescita grazie anche all'acquisizione di Endesa
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PARIS/LONDON  - British Airways'  chief executive shrugged off rivalry from Air France KLM for Iberia , saying he was confident BA's 3.4 billion euro ($4.69 billion) bid with private equity firm TPG was fair value.
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German firm E.ON, the only bidder for Spain's Endesa, has raised its final offer after a lengthy takeover battle.
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European regulators on Thursday approved the takeover of Spain's largest utility Endesa by Acciona and Italian utility Enel.
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The London Stock Exchange expects shareholders to approve its planned purchase of Borsa Italiana, LSE chief executive Clara Furse said here Monday.
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ABN Amro, at the centre of the world&#39;s biggest banking takeover bid, said Sunday that a three-bank consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland would likely beat a rival offer by Barclays.
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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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The board of Nordic and Baltic stock exchange operator OMX on Wednesday advised shareholders to accept a bid from Emirates-based Borse Dubai and a subsequent planned acquisition by Nasdaq.
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ABN AMRO , which received two  revised offers from rival bidders Barclays  and a  consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland , said on  Monday that it will evaluate both offers in &quot;a fair and  transparent manner.&quot;
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The Dutch government&#39;s legal representative to the supreme court issued an opinion Tuesday potentially favorable to a bid by Barclays for ABN Amro, a Dutch banking giant also courted by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, said that talks to buy a majority stake in South African banking group Absa were progressing well and it hoped to make an announcement soon.