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...The Romans gave us underfloor heating and the oculus; we offer crumbling concrete, microplastics and an avalanche of Nespresso pods....
...It is not plumbing industry hyperbole, either....
...“Clearly M&A has been heating up over the course of this year and, at this point, the risk is that the market continues to finance these larger transactions, particularly from BBB” bond issuers.” ....
...Wolseley, the British plumbing and heating supplier, on Tuesday announced plans to rename itself after its dominant US business called Ferguson and sell its struggling Nordic unit, as the company also raised...
...Ferguson, the plumbing and heating supply company company formerly known as Wolseley, has posted a 9 per cent increase in both full-year revenue and trading profit at its ongoing businesses....
...Its sale could even help finance a far more ambitious deal with Bayer....
...Wolseley , the distributor of plumbing and heating goods highly exposed to US markets, was 3.8 per cent weaker at £23.00....
...Mr Hall will be replaced on March 6 by Roddy Murray, who joins Pace from BSS Group, the plumbing and heating company that was bought by Travis Perkins....
...Roddy Murray, former numbers man of plumbing and heating group BSS, will join the company in May....
...Rok and a hard place Worried about its misfiring plumbing, heating and electrical business, Rok – like any concerned householder – called in an expert, who discovered “serious failings in the financial...
...The world’s leading distributor of heating and plumbing products said it expected trading profits for the year to July 31 to be ahead of analysts’ expectations of £374m....
...One wildcard is Bayer, which could be broken up under its new chief executive....
...However, it acquired more clients including, in recent weeks, Wolseley, the heating and plumbing supplier, and Rexam, the packaging group, winning the mandates from UBS and Citigroup respectively....
...Deal making is heating up in the world of big pharma, with French drugs group Sanofi-Aventis on Thursday confirming that it is paying Merck $4bn to take control of their animal health joint venture Merial...
...Wolseley, the FTSE 100 plumbing, heating and building supplies chain, has called in three banks to act as advisers in case of a hostile bid approach after the recent plunge in its share price, people familiar...
...Wolseley, the world’s largest distributor of plumbing and heating products, said it would no longer pay its final dividend, saving £150m, as a downturn in key markets cut pre-tax profits by 35 per cent....
...“And it’s materially less expensive and easier to design from scratch things like catchment areas for water, plumbing and recycling of water....
...Uponor fell 18.6 per cent to €20.41 after the Finnish plumbing and heating pipes maker chopped its 2007 sales guidance, blaming weakness in the US and German markets....
...Wolseley rose 1.3 per cent to £11.64 after the world’s largest plumbing group continued its spate of recent deals by buying William Wilson, a leading distributor of plumbing, heating and electrical supplies...
...Wolseley shed 1.3 per cent to £11.59 after the world’s largest supplier of plumbing and heating goods fell to profit-taking after another firm set of results....
...See more on P&O Meanwhile, BSS gained 4.2 per cent to £10.90 ahead of the heating and plumbing group’s 4-for-1 share split, expected to be approved at its annual meeting today....
...Travis Perkins won the battle in the face of strong competition from Wolseley, the heating and plumbing supplier. GUS and Home Depot, the US DIY retailers, also mounted bids for Wickes. ?...
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