http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/Category/eUK/CMAAUK?src=RSS-MAAUK Reuters Mobile is your source for breaking news, business, financial and investing news, including market data giving you access to the information you need - any time, anywhere. Reuters is the leading global provider of news, financial information and technology solutions to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses and individuals. Copyright 2008 Reuters en-us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:20 +0000 5 http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/images/small/logo.png 120 35 http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/Category/eUK/CMAAUK?src=RSS-MAAUK http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AO0AJ20091125?src=RSS-MAAUK * Takeover seen as opportunity for European growth * Discussions described as at "very preliminary stage" Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:52:39 +0000 2009-11-25T075239Z_01_GEE5AO0AJ_RTRIDST_0_HANSTEEN-OFFER.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKSYD32158720091125?src=RSS-MAAUK * Minara to bid for Ravensthorpe nickel operation - source * Chinese firm to join as co-bidder - source Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:13:00 +0000 2009-11-25T061300Z_01_SYD321587_RTRIDST_0_BHPBILLITON-RAVENSTHORPE-UPDATE-1.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKSYU00907820091125?src=RSS-MAAUK SYDNEY, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Australian nickel miner Minara Resources Ltd <MRE.AX> will submit a joint bid with a Chinese firm later on Wednesday for BHP Billiton Ltd's <BHP.AX> <BLT.L> Ravensthorpe nickel operation, a source familiar with the bid told Reuters. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:09:45 +0000 2009-11-25T050945Z_01_SYU009078_RTRIDST_0_BHPBILLITON-RAVENSTHORPE-URGENT.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AO00M20091125?src=RSS-MAAUK The Guardian KING REVEALS SECRET HBOS AND RBS BAILOUT Bank of England governor Mervyn King has revealed that the Bank secretly made emergency loans totalling 62 billion pounds last October in order to ensure the survival of HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland<RBS.L>. The figure was only known to a handful of people prior to King's revelations on Tuesday and the news has been greeted with shock by MPs. The City has expressed confusion that the banks were not forced to disclose their reliance on Bank of England funds when they launched emergency rights issues. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:40:04 +0000 2009-11-25T034004Z_01_GEE5AO00M_RTRIDST_0_PRESS-DIGEST-BRITISH-BUSINESS-NOV-25-2.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AN0BD20091124?src=RSS-MAAUK * EQT lines up loan, Informa in talks with Springer * Springer sale seen valued at around 2.6 bln euros Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:02:37 +0000 2009-11-24T190237Z_01_GEE5AN0BD_RTRIDST_0_INFORMA-SPRINGER-UPDATE-5.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AN2F920091124?src=RSS-MAAUK LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Banks are underwriting a loan of more than 1 billion pounds ($1.65 billion) backing private equity firm EQT's bid for Springer Science as the bid battle hots up, two senior bankers said on Tuesday. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:09:11 +0000 2009-11-24T170911Z_01_GEE5AN2F9_RTRIDST_0_SPRINGER-LOAN-URGENT.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKN2327342320091124?src=RSS-MAAUK (Corrects day of the week in first paragraph) * Says acquisition to be accretive in the first year * Says acquisition to close in the first-quarter 2010 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:12:37 +0000 2009-11-24T141237Z_01_N23273423_RTRIDST_0_MANULIFE-UPDATE-1-CORRECTED.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKBNG50319020091124?src=RSS-MAAUK * Recent Cumbria floods not to affect business - CEO * In talks with six US utilities * Confident of meeting FY mkt view for pretax profit Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:04:50 +0000 2009-11-24T130450Z_01_BNG503190_RTRIDST_0_HOMESERVE-UPDATE-3.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AM0T420091124?src=RSS-MAAUK Nov 24 (Reuters) - Italy's Eni <ENI.MI> has agreed to buy a stake in two large oil exploration blocks in Uganda for up to $1.5 billion, the latest in a series of deals likely to make the east African country an oil producer soon. [ID:nGEE5AM07K] Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:04:20 +0000 2009-11-24T130420Z_01_GEE5AM0T4_RTRIDST_0_OIL-AFRICA-UGANDA-FACTBOX.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AN1GO20091124?src=RSS-MAAUK * Exploration deal is first iron ore venture for Xstrata * Xstrata has option to buy 50 pct of Zanaga project Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:43:01 +0000 2009-11-24T124301Z_01_GEE5AN1GO_RTRIDST_0_XSTRATA-IRONORE.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AN0ND20091124?src=RSS-MAAUK * Revamp envisions 9,000-9,500 job cuts - GM's Reilly * Germany's Merkel says GM has paid back loan Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:37:42 +0000 2009-11-24T123742Z_01_GEE5AN0ND_RTRIDST_0_GM-OPEL-UPDATE-2-REFILE.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AN0PA20091124?src=RSS-MAAUK LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Analysts believe Informa <INF.L> will need another, much bigger equity injection to fund any buy of Springer Science and Business Media but a tie-up could create a global giant. [ID:nGEE5AN0BD] Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:08:56 +0000 2009-11-24T100856Z_01_GEE5AN0PA_RTRIDST_0_INFORMA-SPRINGER-FACTBOX.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AN0PJ20091124?src=RSS-MAAUK LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm J.C. Flowers has hired a former head of Britain's main financial regulator, Callum McCarthy, and Australian banker David Morgan to beef up its European operations. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:09:08 +0000 2009-11-24T090908Z_01_GEE5AN0PJ_RTRIDST_0_JCFLOWERS-EUROPE.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKSYD51526220091124?src=RSS-MAAUK * Has capacity to return billions in share buyback * Would want certainty on Rio iron ore jv before a buyback Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:35:21 +0000 2009-11-24T083521Z_01_SYD515262_RTRIDST_0_DEALTALK-BHP-BUYBACK.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AN00R20091124?src=RSS-MAAUK The Guardian LLOYDS CUTS ANOTHER 800 JOBS AFTER LOSING EQUITABLE CONTRACT Lloyds Banking Group<LLOY.L> will set the terms of its 22.5 billion pound rights issue which will require the taxpayer to buy 5.8 billion pounds of new shares. The bank will also announce the loss of a further 800 jobs at administrative centres, taking the total number of cuts since the start of the year to 15,000. The rights issue is expected to be priced at about 33 pence at a ratio of 1.5 new shares for each existing share. 570 job losses will be centred on Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire because the bank is moving roles. A further 340 jobs are under threat because Equitable Life, which uses the centre, is transferring to an Indian company, HCL. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:06:29 +0000 2009-11-24T040629Z_01_GEE5AN00R_RTRIDST_0_PRESS-DIGEST-BRITISH-BUSINESS-NOV-24-2.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AN00E20091124?src=RSS-MAAUK Tuesday, 24 November 2009 Financial Times LEADERS CLASH OVER DEFICIT Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his main rival David Cameron clashed at the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry on Monday as both party leaders sought political advantage by claiming that their rival's strategy on tackling Britain's budget deficit would jeopardise the economic recovery. Mr Cameron said his plans for an "emergency growth budget" within 50 days of taking office were interlinked with his call for urgent measures to tackle the 175 billion pound ($290.7 billion) deficit; but Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the IMF, lauded Mr Brown's global leadership, backing his warning that fiscal stimulus should not be withdrawn too quickly. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:18:51 +0000 2009-11-24T021851Z_01_GEE5AN00E_RTRIDST_0_PRESS-DIGEST-FINANCIAL-TIMES-NOV-24.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AN00920091124?src=RSS-MAAUK LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Marsh & McLennan <MMC.N> <MMC.N>, the second-largest global insurance broker by assets, is exploring a deal to buy part of HSBC's <HSBA.L> insurance business, the Daily Telegraph reported in its Tuesday editions. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:13:00 +0000 2009-11-24T011300Z_01_GEE5AN009_RTRIDST_0_HSBC-TELEGRAPH-PICKUP.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AN00120091124?src=RSS-MAAUK LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Spain's Cosmen family, National Express's <NEX.L> biggest shareholder, has increased its shareholding ahead of the transport group's rights issue meeting later this month, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:20:05 +0000 2009-11-24T002005Z_01_GEE5AN001_RTRIDST_0_NATIONALEXPRESS.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKGEE5AM2PI20091123?src=RSS-MAAUK LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - British media and events group Informa <INF.L> has held early stage talks with its rival Springer Science and Business Media over buying the German academic publisher, the Financial Times said. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:59:26 +0000 2009-11-23T235926Z_01_GEE5AM2PI_RTRIDST_0_SPRINGERSCIENCE.XML http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/eUK/CMAAUK/nmergersNews_uUKN2327342320091123?src=RSS-MAAUK * Says acquisition to be accretive in the first year * Says acquisition to close in the first-quarter 2010 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:12:35 +0000 2009-11-23T231235Z_01_N23273423_RTRIDST_0_MANULIFE-UPDATE-1.XML