Consumer defensive sector giant, Unilever (LON:ULVR), has been on the lips of several pundits over the past few weeks, with the stock looking value-for-money versus the role it plays in the Western retail sector. Indeed, with a p/e ratio of 17.44, six versus three analyst Buy and Sell stances respectively, and a healthy 3.42% dividend […]

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Media speculation has been corroborated by Telit Communications (AIM:TCM) regarding chatter about a preliminary merger proposal it received from Swiss semi-conductor manufacturer, u-blox (SWX:UBXN). Under the terms of the proposal, Telit Communications shareholders would receive u-blox shares with a value of £2.50 per Telit share. This, based on the proposal‘s assumptions, would result in shareholders […]

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Marston’s shares (LON: MARS) surged 5.92% on Friday as the group the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) gave the go-ahead for a £780m merger with Carlsberg. The transaction will be completed by the end of October 2020. “While the establishment of the joint venture means that the 2 businesses are likely to distribute each […]

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After being a private company for the past nine years, Playboy has revealed plans to list on the stock market. In a deal that is valued at $415m (£323m), the company will merge with SPAC Mountain Crest Acquisition. Playboy has transformed its business model and now describes itself as a consumer products company, selling clothing […]

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Kainos Group PLC (LON:KNOS) have announced that they have acquired Intuitive Technologies LLC for an undisclosed sum. Kainos noted that Intuitive Technologies has completed over 500 Adaptive Insights projects. Adaptive Insights is a Workday Inc company and its software is used for business planning. The firm added that Intuitive Technologies is a “a trusted advisor […]

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JD Sports (LON:JD) and Footasylum (LON:FOOT) have been locked in a battle of wills with competition regulators over a potential merger deal, and today there has been an update. The Competition and Markets Authority have said that this merger would substantially lessen competition in the UK, which has decreased the chance of the deal being […]

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BAE Systems PLC (LON:BA) have announced to shareholders that they have acquired two American businesses on Monday. The firm said that they have purchased the military global positioning system from United Technologies Corp (NYSE:UTX) unit and Raytheon Co’s (NYSE:RTN) Airborne Tactical Radios business. BAE also announced that they would be buying US based Raytheon’s Airborne […]

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Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) have announced that the proposed merger deal with Sirius Minerals (LON:SXX) has been completed. Anglo said that they will offer 5.5p per shares for Sirius, which shows a 34% rise to the closing price of Sirius on Friday which was 4.1p. Sirius Minerals itself said its directors consider the acquisition to […]

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