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UK-based HSBC Holdings plc (LON:HSBA) said its unit HSBC Bank plc had agreed to offload its 73% interest in Greek mutual fund manager HSBC (HELLAS) Mutual…

UK natural gas company BG Group Plc (LON:BG), with a current market capitalisation of USD60bn (EUR45bn), could become a takeover target for big oil firms, following…

A consortium led by Spain’s Enagas SA (MCE:ENG) unveiled its decision not to submit an offer for French oil and gas firm Total SA’s TIGF gas…

UK private equity group Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd plans to shed cinemas operator Odeon & UCI group this year after it put sale talks on…

UK set-top boxes maker Pace Plc (LON:PIC) said today it was unable to agree satisfactory terms for a potential acquisition of Google Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Motorola Home…

UK hotel and restaurant group Whitbread plc (LSE:WTB) announced today an increase of 3.3% in like-for-like sales for the third quarter of 2012, boosted by strong…

The UK economy is now expected to contract by 0.1% in 2012 and then grow by 1.2% in 2013, the Office for Budget Responsibility announced today.…

UK businessman Philip Green is reportedly negotiating the sale of a non-controlling stake in local clothing retailers Topshop and Topman with a US buyout firm, Reuters…

A Swiss firm offering third party private equity services has stuck a partnership with a top European venture capital scheme in an attempt to foster entrepreneurship…

The rate of home repossession in the UK continued to fall in the third quarter of 2012, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reported today. In…