Organisation: Pilkington

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soccer

Martin O’Neill: Leicester give us all right to dream

It was Damien Duff, speaking earlier this week in Dublin, who floated the notion of Ireland perhaps ‘doing a Leicester’ at Euro 2016 — at least in terms of narrowing the gap with teams deemed to be their superiors, like group opponents Belgium and Italy.

business

UK building materials firm in foreign ownership

business

Japanese 'to buy British tobacco giant'

business

BOC gets profits boost ahead of takeover

business

FTSE 250 breaks 10,000 barrier

business

£8.2bn German takeover for British gases group BOC

German firm 'to take over BOC'

Industrial gases group BOC today looked poised to become the latest heavyweight British firm to be taken into foreign ownership.

Sun, 05 Mar, 2006

FTSE in positive territory

The latest flurry of deal-making in the energy sector added impetus to the London market today and put it within striking distance of the 5900 barrier.

Mon, 27 Feb, 2006

Japanese glass maker 'to buy Pilkington'

Japan’s Nippon Sheet Glass has sealed a $3.8bn (€3.6bn) deal to acquire world-famous British firm Pilkington, which makes glass for cars and buildings, it is reported today.

Mon, 27 Feb, 2006

FTSE loses ground

The London market’s strong start to the year stalled today as a lack of corporate data left it without direction.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2006

FTSE: Positive start for retail sector

A big week for the retail sector began positively today as healthy Christmas sales at camera specialist Jessops sparked investor interest in the owner of Dixons.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2006

Pilkington takeover talks 'fail'

Glass maker Pilkington is preparing to issue a statement that takeover talks with its biggest shareholder have failed, it was reported today.

Sun, 08 Jan, 2006

Pilkington rejects £2bn takeover

Glass maker Pilkington rejected a takeover approach today from its biggest shareholder on the grounds that it was too low.

Thu, 03 Nov, 2005

O2 takeover pushes FTSE past 5300

The biggest takeover of a UK company for five years and a rush of other bid activity drove the FTSE 100 Index beyond the 5300 barrier today.

Mon, 31 Oct, 2005

£2bn takeover approach for Pilkington

Glassmaker Pilkington today confirmed it had received a takeover approach thought to be worth up to £2bn (€2.9bn).

Mon, 31 Oct, 2005

Footsie's positive run comes to an end

A strong run for the FTSE 100 Index came to an end today, despite the latest round of takeover speculation involving top-flight companies.

Fri, 02 Sep, 2005

Footsie powers ahead

The FTSE 100 Index ended Tuesday above the 4900 barrier as takeover talk sent a buzz through the City.

Tue, 01 Feb, 2005

Footsie up as Bush secures second term

Insurers and drugs companies were among the winners today as businesses cheered President Bush’s success in the US presidential election.

Wed, 03 Nov, 2004

FTSE close to two-year high

The FTSE 100 Index was in touching distance of last month’s two-year high today after George Bush moved closer to victory in the US presidential election.

Wed, 03 Nov, 2004

Barclays news inspires FTSE

Barclays led the FTSE 100 Index back towards the 4600 barrier today as investors warmed to news that it was seeking to expand in Africa.

Fri, 24 Sep, 2004

FTSE ends week in lacklustre fashion

Investors were spared more stock market turbulence today after a rollercoaster week ended in lacklustre fashion.

Fri, 07 Feb, 2003

Marconi suffers on rough day for Footsie

Telecoms equipment giant Marconi is suffering on the London Stock Exchange after news emerged that merger talks between international rivals Alcatel and Lucent had broken down.

Wed, 30 May, 2001