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Meredith, Koch brothers buy Time Inc.
US media group Meredith, backed by conservative billionaires Koch brothers, has agreed to buy Time Inc. for $2.8 billion as the publisher of Fortune, People, and Sports…
UK food prices rise post-Brexit
Less than two months after Britain voted to leave the European Union, the price of food imports have increased. We also get you the latest on Foxconn which has received the green…
Doing it for themselves: French workers make co-operatives a success
The number of co-operatives in France has risen sharply over the past decade, and employee-owned companies have had a greater rate of success. We look at one such example, the…
French government backs GE bid for Alstom
The French government on Friday said it preferred General Electric as the new owner of Alstom’s energy business and announced plans to take a 20 percent stake in the French…
GE redesigns offer in battle for France’s Alstom
General Electric on Thursday rejigged its offer for French power and railway giant Alstom, proposing an alliance based on 50:50 joint ventures that would safeguard sensitive…
GE launches ‘Made in France’ charm offensive for Alstom
The French government claims it is neutral in the fierce bidding war pitting General Electric (GE) and Siemens for engineering company Alstom’s energy division. But as the stakes…
Qatar eyes Paris's iconic Printemps department store
After buying out the Paris Saint-Germain football club and investing heavily in major French energy and media firms, the Gulf state of Qatar could soon own Paris’s iconic…
Red Sox owners wrap up acrimonious Liverpool takeover
The owners of the Boston Red Sox have completed a long and bitter 480-million-dollar takeover of Premier League club Liverpool, leaving former co-owner Tim Hicks to decry an…
Liverpool owners drop restraining order
Liverpool football club's American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have withdrawn a temporary restraining order that they had taken out to block a sale of the club worth 476…
Liverpool owners gain restraining order to stop sale of club
The fight for the Liverpool football team was taken to a Texas state court on Wednesday in the ongoing bitter fight between the current American owners who are trying to stop the…
Luxury store Harrods sold to Qatari royals
The luxury London department store Harrods has been sold by Egyptian magnate Mohamed Al Fayed to the Qatari royal family's investment arm, a statement from Fayad’s…
