http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog FT Alphaville from FT.com Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:25:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880081/chesapeake-plans-12bn-in-asset-sales/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880081/chesapeake-plans-12bn-in-asset-sales/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:07:17 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=880081 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880081/chesapeake-plans-12bn-in-asset-sales/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/13/878571/cwwvoda/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/13/878571/cwwvoda/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:39:39 +0000 FT Alphaville http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=878571
Cable & Wireless Worldwide shares were up 28 per cent at pixel time:...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/13/878571/cwwvoda/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/13/878101/junk-bond-market-revives-lbos/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/13/878101/junk-bond-market-revives-lbos/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:42:48 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=878101 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/13/878101/junk-bond-market-revives-lbos/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/11/877751/orrible-merger-read-all-about-it/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/11/877751/orrible-merger-read-all-about-it/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:55:00 +0000 Neil Collins http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=877751 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/11/877751/orrible-merger-read-all-about-it/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/10/876481/alibaba-to-take-hk-unit-private/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/10/876481/alibaba-to-take-hk-unit-private/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:19:22 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=876481 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/10/876481/alibaba-to-take-hk-unit-private/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/09/874441/american-airlines-creditors-want-merger/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/09/874441/american-airlines-creditors-want-merger/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:19:49 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=874441 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/09/874441/american-airlines-creditors-want-merger/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/08/873151/illumina-rebuffs-roche-again/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/08/873151/illumina-rebuffs-roche-again/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:24:59 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=873151 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/08/873151/illumina-rebuffs-roche-again/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/08/873091/glencore-and-xstrata-face-blocking-threat-2/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/08/873091/glencore-and-xstrata-face-blocking-threat-2/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:19:42 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=873091 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/08/873091/glencore-and-xstrata-face-blocking-threat-2/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/08/872811/bhp-says-xstrata-glencore-deal-makes-little-difference/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/08/872811/bhp-says-xstrata-glencore-deal-makes-little-difference/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:52:47 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=872811 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/08/872811/bhp-says-xstrata-glencore-deal-makes-little-difference/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/07/871821/glencore-and-xstrata-agree-90bn-deal/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/07/871821/glencore-and-xstrata-agree-90bn-deal/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:04:30 +0000 Izabella Kaminska http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=871821 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/07/871821/glencore-and-xstrata-agree-90bn-deal/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/07/871541/glenstrata-some-backlash/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/07/871541/glenstrata-some-backlash/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:30:51 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=871541
2.1 its approval by a majority in number of the Scheme Shareholders who are on the register of members of Xstrata...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/07/871541/glenstrata-some-backlash/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/06/870251/south-korean-groups-ramp-up-foreign-deals/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/06/870251/south-korean-groups-ramp-up-foreign-deals/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:46:46 +0000 Lisa Pollack http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=870251 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/06/870251/south-korean-groups-ramp-up-foreign-deals/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/06/868731/vodafone-set-to-halt-greek-unit-merger/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/06/868731/vodafone-set-to-halt-greek-unit-merger/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:33:54 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=868731 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/06/868731/vodafone-set-to-halt-greek-unit-merger/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/06/868571/glencore-pays-8-premium-for-xstrata-shares/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/06/868571/glencore-pays-8-premium-for-xstrata-shares/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:28:34 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=868571 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/06/868571/glencore-pays-8-premium-for-xstrata-shares/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/03/867501/temisys-eventually/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/03/867501/temisys-eventually/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:37:06 +0000 Bryce Elder http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=867501
As the FT wrote on Thursday morning …

Misys missed out,...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/03/867501/temisys-eventually/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/03/867211/hutchison-to-buy-orange-austria/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/03/867211/hutchison-to-buy-orange-austria/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:46:03 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=867211 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/03/867211/hutchison-to-buy-orange-austria/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/02/866341/glencore-and-xstrata-close-to-88bn-deal/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/02/866341/glencore-and-xstrata-close-to-88bn-deal/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:53:49 +0000 Lisa Pollack http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=866341 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/02/866341/glencore-and-xstrata-close-to-88bn-deal/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/02/865221/glencore-and-xstrata-close-to-80bn-deal/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/02/865221/glencore-and-xstrata-close-to-80bn-deal/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:11:32 +0000 Izabella Kaminska http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=865221 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/02/865221/glencore-and-xstrata-close-to-80bn-deal/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/02/865041/the-word-from-zug-xstrata-confirms-glencore-approach/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/02/865041/the-word-from-zug-xstrata-confirms-glencore-approach/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:04:23 +0000 Paul Murphy http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=865041
Response to speculation

Zug, 2 February 2012

Xstrata plc (“Xstrata” or the “Company”) confirms that it has received an approach from...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/02/865041/the-word-from-zug-xstrata-confirms-glencore-approach/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/02/864601/glencore-poised-to-reunite-with-xstrata/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/02/864601/glencore-poised-to-reunite-with-xstrata/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:22:35 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=864601 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/02/864601/glencore-poised-to-reunite-with-xstrata/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/01/862641/dbnyse-officially-dead/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/01/862641/dbnyse-officially-dead/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:04:58 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=862641 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/01/862641/dbnyse-officially-dead/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/01/861841/the-iron-lady/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/01/861841/the-iron-lady/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:54:06 +0000 Neil Hume http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=861841
She’s the richest person in Australia, and if the iron ore price holds, the daughter of Australian mining pioneer, Lang Hancock, could soon be the world’s...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/01/861841/the-iron-lady/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/01/861461/macquarie-considering-deutsche-bank-asset-management-units/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/01/861461/macquarie-considering-deutsche-bank-asset-management-units/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:51:20 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=861461 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/01/861461/macquarie-considering-deutsche-bank-asset-management-units/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/31/860091/tinker-bell-plots-chime-exit/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/31/860091/tinker-bell-plots-chime-exit/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:33:01 +0000 Paul Murphy http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=860091 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/31/860091/tinker-bell-plots-chime-exit/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/30/857671/guest-post-while-rome-is-burning/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/30/857671/guest-post-while-rome-is-burning/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:19:53 +0000 Guest writer http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=857671
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What happens to M&A while Rome is burning? In the past few months Italy has been in the midst of a political,...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/30/857671/guest-post-while-rome-is-burning/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/30/856661/abb-closes-in-on-deal-to-buy-thomas-betts/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/30/856661/abb-closes-in-on-deal-to-buy-thomas-betts/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:24:42 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=856661 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/30/856661/abb-closes-in-on-deal-to-buy-thomas-betts/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/27/855061/nyse-chief-sees-little-chance-of-deutsche-borse-deal-2/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/27/855061/nyse-chief-sees-little-chance-of-deutsche-borse-deal-2/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:06:11 +0000 Lisa Pollack http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=855061 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/27/855061/nyse-chief-sees-little-chance-of-deutsche-borse-deal-2/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/26/852681/long-battle-ahead-in-roche-illumina-bid/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/26/852681/long-battle-ahead-in-roche-illumina-bid/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:50:19 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=852681 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/26/852681/long-battle-ahead-in-roche-illumina-bid/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/26/852621/att-firms-lawyer-tipped-for-top-us-antitrust-spot/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/26/852621/att-firms-lawyer-tipped-for-top-us-antitrust-spot/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:27:18 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=852621 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/26/852621/att-firms-lawyer-tipped-for-top-us-antitrust-spot/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/25/850541/roche-in-5-7bn-hostile-bid-for-illumina/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/25/850541/roche-in-5-7bn-hostile-bid-for-illumina/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:10:08 +0000 Izabella Kaminska http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=850541 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/25/850541/roche-in-5-7bn-hostile-bid-for-illumina/feed/ 0