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Carlyle joins Gas Natural asset race
Carlyle has teamed up with Spain’s Magnum Capital, and is likely to bid through its joint venture with Riverstone Holdings, for assets put up for sale by the Spanish gas company
VW green light for Porsche tie-up
Volkswagen’s supervisory board gave the go-ahead for the takeover of Porsche and agreed on a €25.8bn three-year investment programme
Polyus fails to sell 5 per cent stake
Russia’s top gold miner, said on Friday its two main owners had decided not to sell a 5 per cent stake in the company ‘due to market conditions’
GE’s bid for Areva arm poses questions
The sale of Areva’s power transmission and distribution subsidiary sparks speculation about whether France really is ready to choose a foreign bid over a home-grown solution
ABN Amro and Fortis set for €4.4bn bail-out
The Dutch state plans to provide the two nationalised banks with further capital to keep their merger on track in what it says will be the groups’ final bail-out
MAN looks to build in the Brics
The German truckmaker has bought a 25 per cent stake in China’s largest lorry manufacturer, bought the top lorry business in Brazil and launched a joint venture in India
European groups set ambitious growth targets
Large European companies are putting a big emphasis on emerging markets for their growth strategies as they look to follow the lead of ABB, the electrical engineering group
European companies eye emerging market growth
Companies on the continent are setting increasingly ambitious growth targets in emerging markets as they look to increase their revenues from such areas
Berlin forces up Emirates’ business fares
Berlin has forced Emirates to raise the prices of business class tickets on flights out Germany as concerns about the Middle East’s largest airline grow as it expands into continental Europe
Regulations trim growth at United Drug
Reduced prices in its main Irish markets have crimped sales growth at the healthcare products supplier, in spite of strong growth in its contract sales and drug packaging businesses





