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T-Mobile & Orange To Merge
Following yesterday’s news that T-Mobile was the subject of bids from Vodafone and Telefonica (the Spanish owner of the O2 brand), comes today’s announcement that T-Mobile is to merge with France Telecom’s UK brand Orange. This wedding of the third and fourth largest UK mobile phone companies will create a new market leader, with 36.4%... learn more »
Cadbury & T-Mobile Bids, Housebuilders Raise Cash
Things are starting to happen again. OK, there were rights issues and takeovers in the past year, but they were mostly emergency cash raisings to stop companies from going under, or shotgun marriages backed by Government in order to save jobs. Having sold off their housing stock, the housebuilders are raising cash in order to fund... learn more »