Next quits frenzied bidding war for Topshop admitting it cannot match rival bids By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 21 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 21 January 2021 Next has pulled out of the race for Topshop following a frenzied bidding war for the jewel in Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia … Read more
Battle over historic British firm Signature Aviation intensifies as co-owner of Gatwick airport gatecrashes Bill Gates’s takeover with counter bid US giant Global Infrastructure Partners is offering shareholders 405p per share in cash It eclipses the 380p per share or £3.2billion offered by a consortium of Gates and Blackstone last week Signature’s board threw its … Read more
The world is Net enough! Netflix and its rivals are set to join a £4bn bidding war for Bond films as MGM considers selling its back catalogue The studio behind the 007 franchise is considering a sale of its back catalogue MGM hopes to spark battle that could interest streaming services such as Netflix Its … Read more
Live! with Kelly and Ryan host Kelly Ripa unveiled her annual holiday card on Monday featuring her three children – son Michael, 23; daughter Lola, 19; and son Joaquin, 17. ‘Behold the card. We wish you health, happiness and a break from 2020. Back of the card says it all,’ the New Jersey-born 50-year-old – … Read more
Canadian predator bidding for G4S plans threatens British jobs as it plans to create a ‘James Bond MI6-style’ hub in Montreal By Tom Witherow Financial Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 22:29 GMT, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 22:29 GMT, 19 November 2020 The Canadian predator bidding for G4S plans to create a ‘James Bond … Read more
Furious bidding war erupts at west London auction house as Chinese collectors bid more than £50,000 for bowls worth just £200 The two 20th century Sanduo bowls were listed for sale by Olympia Auctions Desperate collectors showed they were willing to pay 250 times the guide price It comes days after a racing pigeon sold … Read more
Tyra Banks cried as she bid a departing Jeannie Mai goodbye on Monday’s episode of Dancing With The Stars. The 46-year-old host didn’t hold back when honoring Jeannie, 41, who competed on the show before getting sidelined Sunday by a medical emergency. ‘Jeannie, we’re glad everything went well and that you’re on your way to … Read more
Shares in G4S surged after the beleaguered security firm found itself in the middle of a takeover battle. The British company is already fighting off a hostile £2.9billion bid from Canada’s Garda World, which it has branded ‘unattractive and opportunistic’. But yesterday it revealed that US rival Allied Universal Security Services has also approached it … Read more
A lost portrait of the glamorous twice-divorced Anglo-Irish socialite Oonagh Guinness sparked a bidding war after it vanished for 25 years, before eventually selling for £255,000. The 1931 oil painting depicts the Guinness founder’s 21-year-old granddaughter who, along with her blonde sisters Aileen and Maureen, were known as the ‘Golden Guinness Girls’ of 1920s British … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Gambling tycoon brothers Fred and Peter Done hit the jackpot after William Hill bidding war By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 25 September 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 25 September 2020 Gambling tycoons Fred and Peter Done hit the jackpot yesterday as a bidding war for William Hill added … Read more