Slovenian lender NLB Group has begun a bidding war for Addiko, an Austrian banking group, after proposing a €566 million ($663 million) takeover bid a day after a rival €449 million approach from Austria's Raiffeisen Bank.
Slovenian lender NLB Group has begun a bidding war for Addiko, an Austrian banking group, after proposing a €566 million ($663 million) takeover bid a day after a rival €449 million approach from Austria's Raiffeisen Bank.
Rare earths miner Mkango Resources said Friday that it has completed a £12.5 million ($17 million) equity raise to fund a £4.9 million acquisition in Germany and meet other expenses.
Eden Research said Friday that it has raised approximately £10.8 million ($15 million) through different equity offerings to advance the development of sustainable methods of curbing fungal diseases that affect potato, wheat and tomato crops.
General Oceans ASA said Friday that it had agreed to acquire MRV Systems LLC, which makes robotic marine vehicles, for $18 million in cash as the Norwegian underwater-technology company seeks to expand in the U.S. and strengthen its sea-monitoring business.
White Pearl Technology, a company based in Stockholm, said Friday it had entered into a letter of intent to acquire a digital marketing company in a share-based transaction worth an estimated 12 million Swedish kronor ($1.3 million).
The past week in London has seen the owner of an oil tanker stuck in the Strait of Hormuz sued by an energy company and an insurer, law firm Boodle Hatfield LLP and two Serle Court barristers sued by a group of Winston Churchill's great-grandchildren, and Welsh Water hit with a fresh class action over polluted rivers.
