SDL raises the price it will pay for web content firm November 10, 2011 Translation software firm SDL has raised the price it is willing to pay for Alterian, paving the way for the smaller software company to enter talks. Alterian said it has received an indicative all-cash offer from SDL of 110p a share, following its rejection last month of SDL’s initial 80p a share approach. Its shares [...]
MEET THE ADVISERS November 10, 2011 CANACCORD GENUITY ADVISING Alterian is Canaccord Genuity. Heading up the team are Rory O’Sullivan and Simon Bridges. O’Sullivan is a managing director, leading the European M&A business for Canaccord. He has worked at the bank for almost five years. He has previously worked as managing director at Sardis Capital, principal at Robertson Stephens and account [...]
Siemens upbeat despite worries in Germany November 10, 2011 Siemens, a bellwether for the Eurozone’s largest economy, announced a smaller than expected dividend and forecast flat profit growth in 2012 after ending its year in a turbulent economic environment. The Munich-based maker of products ranging from fast trains and gas turbines to light bulbs and hearing aids said operating profit at its three main [...]
Airbus owner EADS delays new aircraft by six months November 10, 2011 AIRBUS parent EADS pushed back its A350 carbon-fibre jetliner by six months with a €200m (£170m) charge as it seeks to avoid errors like those that nearly derailed Europe’s A380 superjumbo. The delay trimmed third-quarter profits that nonetheless beat expectations as Airbus stabilised costs on the troublesome superjumbo project. And EADS shares got a boost [...]
London 2012 IMAGE OF THE WEEK November 10, 2011 LONDON 2012 | MAKING A SPLASH British Olympic diver Tom Daley at the Aquatics Centre during the One Year to Go festivities. This image is from The Games – Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic Journey to London 2012 by Brendan Gallagher, published yesterday by Wiley, the official publisher of the London 2012 Games, priced at £29.99. [...]
Cookson sees better earnings November 10, 2011 British industrial materials group Cookson said it expects to report better full-year results than the year before, as strength in its electronics business offsets the impact of lower global steel production. Cookson, whose products are used in the glass and solar industries as well as by steelmakers and foundries, said its second-half performance was slightly [...]
Veolia issues profit warning November 10, 2011 Veolia Environment issued a fresh profit warning on yesterday, saying adjusted operating income could fall around 9 per cent this year following a similar drop in the first nine months due to difficulties in some of its businesses.
RWE confirms outlook November 10, 2011 Germany’s RWE , Europe’s fifth-largest utility, reiterated its earnings expectations for this year as it reported nine-month operating earnings that dropped 30 percent, in line with analyst expectations. Operating profit in the period through September fell to €4.3bn from €6.1bn in the same period a year earlier, the company said yesterday, exactly meeting expectations
Rothschild calls for Bumi clean-up November 10, 2011 Financier Nathaniel Rothschild has called for a “radical cleaning up” of corporate governance at miner PT Bumi , affiliate of his coal venture Bumi, in a show of frustration with his Indonesian partners. Rothschild said the plan remained to roll out the “best practices of corporate governance”, but said he was not satisfied with the [...]
No shift from MPC in face of euro woes November 10, 2011 INTEREST rates and the asset purchase programme (QE2) were both held steady in yesterday’s Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. October’s meeting saw the MPC expand its asset purchase programme by £75bn in an effort to boost the economy in the face of a worsening European outlook. Governor Mervyn King (pictured, right) had [...]
