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US chemists Walgreens spends $6.7 bn on 45% of Boots
Jun 19, 2012 07:08 EDT
US-based Walgreens said on Tuesday was spending $6.7 billion (£4.3 billion, 5.3 billion euros) to take a 45-percent stake in European rival Alliance Boots to create the world's largest retail pharmacy chain.
US chemists Walgreens to spend £4.3 bn on Boots stake
Jun 19, 2012 06:53 EDT
Top US chemist chain Walgreens said on Tuesday it would spend £4.3 billion ($6.7 billion) to take a 45-percent stake in British high-street chain Alliance Boots, with an option to buy outstanding shares in three years.
Private equity giant Carlyle files for IPO
Sep 06, 2011 18:24 EDT
NEW YORK/BANGALORE (Reuters) - Private equity company Carlyle Group filed for an IPO on Tuesday, a long-awaited move to catch up with rivals Blackstone, KKR and Apollo, but the volatility of global markets means an offering is unlikely until the first half of 2012.
Private equity giant Carlyle files for IPO
Sep 06, 2011 18:24 EDT
NEW YORK/BANGALORE (Reuters) - Private equity company Carlyle Group filed for an IPO on Tuesday, a long-awaited move to catch up with rivals Blackstone, KKR and Apollo, but the volatility of global markets means an offering is unlikely until the first half of 2012.
Glaxo hires Goldman Sachs banker as new CFO
Sep 08, 2010 11:10 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline insisted there would be no change to its cautious stance on deal-making, after announcing it had hired one of Europe's top M&A bankers as its new finance chief.
Private equity firm acquiring vitamin maker NBTY
Jul 15, 2010 17:21 EDT
Private equity firm Carlyle Group to buy vitamin maker NBTY for $3.8B in cash. The Carlyle Group has agreed to buy vitamin maker NBTY Inc. for $3.8 billion in cash in one of the largest private equity deals so far this year.
Special Report: Guy Hands, Citigroup and the fight for EMI
Jun 11, 2010 06:04 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - One of the best ways to get inside the head of British private equity boss Guy Hands is to study what gift he gives for Christmas. For years, Hands has sent friends and business associates a book he has recently read along with a letter discussing the work. The gift is designed to be both thoughtful and thought provoking.
Special Report: Guy Hands, Citigroup and the fight for EMI
Jun 11, 2010 06:04 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - One of the best ways to get inside the head of British private equity boss Guy Hands is to study what gift he gives for Christmas. For years, Hands has sent friends and business associates a book he has recently read along with a letter discussing the work. The gift is designed to be both thoughtful and thought provoking.
Swiss retreat helps Transocean save millions
May 14, 2010 05:40 EDT
Owner of Gulf oil spill rig saves millions in tax thanks to Swiss headquarters. In the foothills of the Swiss Alps four new steel-gray towers rise from what used to be a grassy field. One of them is home to Transocean Ltd., the world's biggest offshore drilling contractor and owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, leading to one of the worst oil spills in history.
Hollywood and hedge funds: Bank crisis CEOs return
Feb 25, 2010 11:29 EST
LONDON (Reuters) - From moviemaking to architecture, the shamed and banished CEOs of the 2008 credit crisis have opted for some unusual career paths, either by choice or necessity.
Shop green? Global survey lists top eco-friendly retailers
Nov 22, 2009 22:13 EST
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Eco-friendly managers and staff are the key to making a retailer go green, according to a study listing 15 of the world's top eco-friendly retailers in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.
Auction ends Swedish pharmacy monopoly
Nov 08, 2009 19:00 EST
Sweden sold 465 of its estimated 900 state-owned pharmacies to four firms for 5.9 billion kronor (572 million euros, 856 million dollars), authorities said Monday, ending a 36-year-old monopoly.
Lloyds to close C&G, axes 1,660 jobs
Jun 08, 2009 20:00 EDT
Lloyds Banking Group is to slash up to 1,660 more jobs as it shuts Cheltenham & Gloucester retail branches in November, ending 150 years of history, it said on Tuesday.
British bank Lloyds axes 1,660 more jobs
Jun 08, 2009 20:00 EDT
Britain's state-controlled Lloyds Banking Group is shedding up to 1,660 more jobs as it shuts Cheltenham & Gloucester retail branches in November, ending 150 years of history, it said on Tuesday.
Lloyds clinches £4 bln rights issue
Jun 07, 2009 20:00 EDT
State-controlled Lloyds Banking Group said on Monday that buyers snapped up all of its heavily discounted new shares to raise 4.0 billion pounds.
Lloyds Banking Group clinches £4 bln rights issue
Jun 07, 2009 20:00 EDT
Britain's state-controlled Lloyds Banking Group said on Monday that buyers snapped up all of its heavily discounted new shares to raise 4.0 billion pounds (4.6 billion euros, 6.3 billion dollars).
Lloyds clinches £4.0 billion pound rights issue
Jun 07, 2009 20:00 EDT
State-controlled Lloyds Banking Group said on Monday that buyers snapped up all of its heavily discounted new shares to raise 4.0 billion pounds.
Failed bank boss is new Alliance Boots chief
Jun 07, 2009 20:00 EDT
Europe's biggest pharmacy chain, Britain's Alliance Boots, on Monday said that the former boss of failed banking group HBOS Andy Hornby would be its new chief executive.
Strong response to Lloyds Bank's £4bln rights issue
Jun 07, 2009 20:00 EDT
Britain's state-controlled Lloyds Banking Group on Monday reported an 87-percent take-up for heavily discounted new shares recently issued to raise 4.0 billion pounds (4.6 billion euros, 6.3 billion dollars).
Lloyds reports strong response to £4b rights issue
Jun 07, 2009 20:00 EDT
State-controlled Lloyds Banking Group on Monday reported an 87-percent take-up for heavily discounted new shares recently issued to raise 4.0 billion pounds.
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