Not exact matches
The rest of the tale is hearsay: that a heavily indebted Heywood, a former family friend and fixer who had helped get Bo junior into Harrow (Heywood's prestigious alma mater in England) had demanded a bigger cut of a business
deal; that he threatened to expose underhanded dealings by Gu if he didn't get it; that Bo's police chief, Wang Lijun, had confronted him
over the alleged murder (the death was originally put down to alcohol poisoning), after which Wang sought asylum at an American consulate; that Gu had shown up at a police station in a People's Liberation Army major - general's uniform to
announce that she was under special orders from Beijing to «protect» Comrade Wang; that the couple had plotted to assassinate Wang and came up with three separate storylines to avoid being implicated.
In chemicals, Clariant was one of the biggest talked - about stocks on Monday after the Swiss group
announced an all - stock
deal to merge with the U.S. - based Huntsman Corp., creating a chemicals giant worth
over $ 14 billion.
Carillion on Monday
announced that it would go into compulsory liquidation after the British construction giant's last - ditch efforts to broker a
deal with the U.K. government and its lenders failed
over the weekend.
Leading the group was American Airlines, which
announced last Tuesday that it would renew its credit card
deals with both Citigroup and Barclays, a move that's estimated to add $ 1.55 billion to the carrier's pretax income
over the next three years — $ 200 million this year, $ 550 million in 2017 and $ 800 million in 2018.
Under the Osmere
deal, Infobank will take up to 43 million shares at a price of 40 cents per share — representing a 33.3 per cent premium
over the 30 cent issue price of a $ 7.5 million placement and rights issue
announced during February.
The questions
over the fate of Net Neutrality have grown larger since ISPs Comcast and TimeWarner
announced a plan to merge in a $ 48 billion
deal, although that plan is subject to a Department of Justice anti-trust review.
Fox first
announced its 10.75 pound per share offer in December 2016 but the
deal has been held up concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield
over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well a clutch of UK newspapers.
«We think
over time [BlackBerry] can be successful again,» Watsa told the Wall Street Journal after the proposed
deal was
announced.
Last year, Goldcorp finalized its
deal to acquire Vancouver - based junior Kaminak Gold, and in May of this year, El Dorado
announced it was taking
over Integra Gold for C$ 590 million.
U.S. credit card processing company Vantiv
announced plans Wednesday to take
over Worldpay, the U.K.'s largest payment processing company, in a
deal worth # 7.7 billion ($ 9.94 billion).
In December, a little
over two months after Kullman left the company, DuPont and Dow (dow)
announced they were doing a
deal.
The
deal was
announced in November 2014, so it has been hanging
over both companies for the past year and a half.
Three of our 2016 picks returned better than 40 %, and two of those three reaped most of their gains
over spans of just a few weeks — Virgin America, when it
announced that it was negotiating with a buyer and then closed a
deal; and Wynn Resorts, after a better - than - expected earnings report lured investors back to the stock.
In June, the company also
announced plans to acquire SolarCity, the solar energy company backed by Musk and his cousins Lyndon and Peter Rive, but the
deal was questioned by investors
over fears of cash burns and conflict of interest.
Just five weeks after the
deal was
announced, HP's directors fired Apotheker, a move some analysts trace to the company's almost immediate remorse
over the Autonomy acquisition.
T) said it would file an objection with a U.S. court
over a settlement
announced earlier between Xerox Corp (XRX.N) and activist shareholders who oppose a $ 6.1 billion
deal between the two companies.
Marking its 15th anniversary year, BFS Capital, a leading small business financing platform,
announced it has now extended
over $ 1.7 billion in financing since funding its first
deal in 2002.
The agency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which sued Mr. Corzine in 2013
over MF Global's collapse and misuse of $ 1 billion in customer money, could
announce a
deal by the end of this year if the agency's three commissioners approve it.
Under a
deal announced in January, Fujifilm will own just
over half of Xerox's business.
While investors have been thrilled, pushing the stock price up nearly 40 per cent
over the 12 months before the
deal was
announced, critics argued that 3G's efforts to transform the day - to - day aspects of business — overhauling Burger King's tarnished reputation and developing innovative new menu items — remain a work in progress.
Just
over a month ago, Brookfield Property Partners (NYSE: BPY)
announced it had reached a
deal to acquire General Growth Properties (GGP) for $ 9.25 billion (after GGP had rejected a previous offer of $ 7.4 billion in 2017).
Over the weekend, a group of 11 countries including Canada
announced that they were committed to moving ahead with the Trans - Pacific Partnership, a sweeping multinational trade
deal negotiated by the Obama administration.
Dealogic reported that $ 268 billion in
deals were
announced in the first quarter, including Heinz at
over $ 27 billion and Dell at $ 21 billion.
Last year, Goldcorp finalized its
deal to acquire Vancouver - based junior Kaminak Gold, and in May of this year, El Dorado
announced it was taking
over Integra Gold for $ 464 million.
The decision to move forward with the
deal lifts what appears to be the final shadow
over its completion, more than four months after it was first
announced in early August.
Furthermore, Celgene is generating free cash flow at a rate of
over $ 1 billion per quarter, giving it plenty of options to acquire new drugs, such as with the
deal it
announced earlier this month to buy Impact Biomedicines and its potential blockbuster drug for a rare form of blood cancer, and its latest
announced buyout of CAR - T developer Juno Therapeutics.
Tonight there is word that the AIG / PRU
deal announced over the weekend is under severe stress, as PRU shareholders are not overwhelmed by the repercussions of this acquisition.
RealCrowd, a leading online real estate investing platform for commercial real estate offerings,
announces that it has been involved in the successful funding of
over $ 110M in
deals through its platform.
You city police proudly
announce more frequent drug busts (when was the last time they made such a big
deal over pot?
Smashburger, the nation's fastest growing «better burger» concept, today
announced new franchise
deals to grow the company's East Coast presence, which will bring 20 new restaurants to key markets
over the next seven years.
Adding it with the answer to the question of whether the
deal is happening he said this: «These kind of things, it's better when it's secret and when you don't come out on it, and when you
announce it when it's
over the line».
Now, it's been
over a week later and a
deal has yet to be officially
announced.
Guardiola was
announced as taking
over from the Chilean in February, but their were strong reports claiming the
deal was done back in October, and he will have had plenty of time to eye up a number of targets to bring with him to his new side.
Delph had been linked with moves to Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, but the former Leeds United midfielder surprised many by deciding to commit his future to Paul Lambert's side, with the
deal announced ahead of their weekend FA Cup victory
over Bournemouth.
On Lemar, Arsenal had agreed a
deal worth # 55 for him weeks back but Monaco pulled out of the
deal.Such a thing will not be reported bythe media because until the
deal is well thought
over and ready to be
announced the media won't know.They're now asking for # 65.
«He
announced that to the player and his agents, wary that speculation
over his future could hinder a
deal.»
I assume that there are quite a few Arsenal fans out there, mostly those of the WOB variety, that are pretty gutted with the news that Liverpool FC have
announced the German coach Jurgen Klopp has signed a three year
deal to take
over from the sacked Brendan Rodgers as the manager of the Anfield club.
How can he target a player, get the greenlight from the board then take the moral highground and get the hump
over the fee, all in the same week we
announce the highest Shirt
deal in PL history.
Arsenal finally
announced Arsene Wenger's new two - year
deal on Wednesday afternoon and Gooners seem to have mixed emotions
over the news.
Monaco were believed to be pushing for an obligation on PSG's part to complete the transfer next summer, in order to have certainty
over a reported fee of 180million euros (# 166m), but when the
deal was
announced it was phrased as an option to buy.
James Milner will
announce a decision once the season is
over whether he intends to accept City's offer of a new
deal or leave on a free transfer, with Liverpool and Arsenal leading the chase for his signature.
Pellegrino took
over at St Mary's on a three - year
deal last June, but Southampton
announced in a statement that they had parted company with the 46 - year - old.
It was suggested that Sanchez we set on a
deal with City, playing for Pep Guardiola once again, but on Monday evening, at half - time in United's 3 - 0 victory
over Stoke City, it was
announced that City had ruled themselves out of signing the Chilean this winter.
Reports
over the weekend had Leeds and York City working on a
deal for 16 year - old striker Ryan Edmondson, and while the club has not officially
announced the
deal, they never really do
announce youth team
deals.
The commission also
announced it planned to close on a
deal to pay $ 250,000 for just
over 1 acre surrounded by the Wood Dale Grove Forest Preserve.
Just
over one month later, the breakaway IDC
announced its historic power - sharing
deal with the GOP (plus Felder), which enabled the Republicans to retain a slim hold on the majority.
The New York State attorney general had just had one of the most important weeks of his career: The previous day, he and other state attorneys general had
announced a settlement with big banks
over bad mortgage foreclosure practices — a
deal that Schneiderman had blocked for months before forcing a change to allow further claims against the banks.
However, the next month Cuomo, Heastie and Flanagan
announced a new
deal that closely mirrored the mayor's revisions but with the added contingency of union representatives and developers reaching an accord
over the prevailing wage.
The plan
announced was for # 25bn of spending cutbacks
over the period 2015 - 17 to
deal with the UK's continuing deficit.
«
Over the next 24 hours, I will reshape my shadow cabinet and
announce a new leadership team to take forward Labour's campaign for a fairer Britain - and to get the best
deal with Europe for our people.»