-
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., Southeast Asia’s biggest phone company, plans to spend S$2 billion ($1.6 billion) within three years on acquisitions to boost growth after posting a drop in profit.
-
Coffee houses hold a special place in London’s history. During the late 17th century, they were the birthplace of Lloyd’s of London and the London Stock Exchange -- two institutions that helped make the square-mile City of London a global financial capital.
-
Tata Sons Ltd. Chairman Cyrus Mistry, chasing his predecessor’s vision of boosting revenue fivefold in the next decade, is searching for a head of mergers and acquisitions, a person familiar with the plan said.
-
With Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc languishing as the world’s cheapest telecommunications carrier, Vodafone Group Plc and private equity firms may not be able to resist making offers for the British fiber-network operator.
-
Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc’s largest shareholder refused to support Vodafone Group Plc’s 1.04 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) offer, saying the bid doesn’t reflect the value of the U.K. fixed-line network operator.
-
Vodafone Group Plc and Tata Communications Ltd. were given more time to make a bid for U.K. fiber-network operator Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc.
-
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. stands to benefit from a 45 percent rise in the Australian dollar against its home currency in any sale of the Optus Satellite division it bought in 2001.
-
Vodafone Group Plc won shareholder approval for its 1.04 billion-pound ($1.6 billion) takeover offer for Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc after the target’s largest investor rescinded its opposition.
-
Vodafone Group Plc agreed to acquire Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc for 1.04 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) in cash, adding a U.K. fixed-line network to its mobile-phone system and gaining business customers.
-
Tata Communications Ltd. was given more time to make a bid for Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc, the fiber-network operator that is also being evaluated by Vodafone Group Plc, two people with knowledge of the matter said.