Breaking pre-market news on Friday,

- Investec to acquire Evolution Group for £232m; Canaccord Genuity withdraws — statement and statement.

- VW says its merger with Porsche will not be completed by year end — statement.

- Tullow Oil announces oil offshore French Guiana — statement and statement.

- HMV says same store sales down 15 per cent in past quarter — statement.

- Corporate: Royal Dutch Shell, Admiral, JD Wetherspoon, SThree, Salamander Energy, Victoria Oil & Gas.

This entry was posted by Neil Hume on Friday, September 9th, 2011 at 7:56 and is filed under Capital markets, M&A. Tagged with evolution securities, hmv, investec. Edit this entry.