44 h. ago Gareth Bale makes £40m takeover offer for Cardiff after breaking silence on bid

Wales legend and five-times Champions League winner Gareth Bale is part of a consortium that is looking to buy Cardiff City after the Bluebirds were relegated from the Championship

Economics

9 d. ago The arithmetic is tricky for a Shell bid for BP today. Next year may be different

Shell says it has ‘no intention’ of making an offer for BP. But if its share price rises, the numbers could work BP is a sitting duck for a takeover bid by most criteria. Its share price has underperformed rivals’ for years. The latest strategic “re-set” was a bits-and-pieces production involving disposals, which do not happen overnight, plus a dilution of green energy ambitions that upset one sub-set of shareholders and didn’t go far enough according to another. Meanwhile, the chair, Helge Lund, is set to exit next year after being pursued by an activist investor.So Shell, the most credible possible bidder by a distance, would be asleep at the wellhead if it were not taking a look and calculating what costs could be removed, which development licences it fancies and how regulators and governments might react. That’s standard stuff, and Shell, one assumes, will have maintained a version of such modelling for about 20 years, which is roughly as long as tales of a combination of the t...

Politics

9 d. ago Business news live: FTSE 100 latest after Shell reject BP takeover bid reports and Nvidia sets record high

Stock markets latest updates and business news on Thursday

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9 d. ago Business news live: FTSE 100 latest after Shell reject BP takeover bid reports

Stock markets latest updates and business news on Thursday

Politics

1 week ago Spectris agrees £3.8bn takeover by Advent as KKR mulls rival bid

Advent will pay £37.63 per share for the FTSE 250-listed company, valuing Spectris at £3.8 billion, or around £4.4 billion including debts.

Economics

2 w. ago Gareth Bale's staggering net worth amid shock Cardiff City takeover bid

The former Real Madrid superstar is part of a consortium who are interested in taking over the Bluebirds

Events

2 w. ago Mike Ashley’s Fraser Group withdraws Revolution Beauty takeover bid

The beauty brand has faced significant challenges, with its shares recently plummeting to an all-time low amid tumbling sales

Politics

2 w. ago Gareth Bale's huge net worth and life beyond football as he could become EFL co

Gareth Bale is reportedly set to front a takeover bid at League One side Plymouth Argyle as the Welsh football icon looks set to switch his focus to the boardroom

Politics