MARKET REPORT: Bid talk gives NMC Health shares a shot in the arm

Crisis-hit NMC Health started the week with a bang after it said it is considering takeover bids from private equity firms. Shares in the FTSE 100-listed firm, which runs one of the biggest hospital chains in the United Arab Emirates, soared after bosses confirmed they had been approached by KKR and GK Investment with possible … Read more

Amazon in bid to force Trump to take the witness stand

Amazon in bid to force Trump to take the stand over claim he told officials to ‘screw’ them out of government contract By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 10 February 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 February 2020 Amazon is demanding witness testimony from President Trump on whether he ordered officials … Read more

STOCK WATCH:  Ryanair and easyJet go to court; Rivals bid for Just Eat; Brother acting Cleverley

STOCK WATCH: Ryanair and easyJet go to court; Rivals bid for Just Eat; Brother acting Cleverley By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 00:00 BST, 22 December 2019 | Updated: 01:14 BST, 22 December 2019 All airline industry eyes will be trained on Dublin tomorrow when the Irish High Court is due … Read more

Tycoon behind failed Provvy bid sees shares in the doorstep lender jump 16.1%

Tycoon behind failed Provvy bid sees shares in the doorstep lender jump 16.1% while his rival firm falls 10.7% By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 5 June 2019 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 5 June 2019 Disappointment: Non-Standard Finance boss John van Kuffeler saw shares in his firm fall 10.7 per cent yesterday … Read more

FTSE LIVE: NSF shelves hostile Provident bid; Landlords to vote on Topshop CVA

FTSE CLOSE: NSF shelves hostile bid for Provident; Landlords to vote on Topshop rescue deal; Card Factory bemoans tough High Street conditions Vote on Arcadia by shop landlords delayed until June 12 Non-Standard Finance has called off its £1.3billion bid for rival Provident  Card Factory saw sales rise but said conditions on the High Street … Read more

FTSE LIVE: Bonmarché rebuffs takeover bid; 15 LK Bennett stores to close

FTSE CLOSE: LK Bennett rescued but 15 stores to close; Bonmarché rejects Philip Day’s takeover offer; Online grocery shopping slows Bonmarche says tycoon Philip Day’s takeover bid of £5.7m undervalues the firm The number of people opting to buy groceries online has slowed The competition watchdog has concerns about Rentokil-Mitie merger Over a third of … Read more

Bonmarche snubs £5.7m takeover bid by billionaire tycoon Philip Day

Troubled fashion firm Bonmarche snubs £5.7m takeover bid by billionaire tycoon Philip Day claiming it ‘undervalues’ the 300-store chain Bonmarche has rejected a £5.7m takeover bid tabled by tycoon Philip Day It said it ‘materially undervalues’ the firm, which has a market value of £7.7m  Bonmarche also said today that it is embarking on a cost-cutting … Read more

Indivior salesmen ‘told to send doctors articles about baby deaths in bid to boost sales’

Indivior salesmen ‘told to send doctors articles about baby deaths in bid to boost sales of new drug’ By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 08:59 BST, 12 April 2019 Indivior salesmen were told to send doctors articles about baby deaths to boost sales of … Read more

Co-op goes to Glastonbury with a pop-up store in a bid to target younger customers

Co-op goes to Glastonbury with a pop-up store in a bid to target younger customers By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 5 April 2019 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 5 April 2019 The Co-op is targeting younger customers by opening shops on festival sites and university campuses as it looks … Read more