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...Liberty, the creation of US “cable cowboy” John Malone, is buying the sport from the private equity group and other investors. Most of the consideration will be in a Liberty Media tracking stock....
...Rumours continue to swirl around Vodafone and Liberty Global, the creation of US “cable cowboy” John Malone....
...John Malone’s Liberty Global has agreed a £5.4bn acquisition of Cable & Wireless Communications to expand its telecoms business in Latin America and the Caribbean....
...stands to save at least $21bn in future tax bills by moving the combined group to Ireland, joining other brands which have fled overseas through “inversions”, such as Burger King and Liberty Global, John Malone...
...Beyond the Square Mile Charter Communications, the US cable company backed by billionaire John Malone, is understood to be nearing a $55bn deal for larger rival Time Warner Cable more than a year after...
...FTSE100 up +18.25 (+0.26%) at 7,032 CAC 40 down -3.81 (-0.07%) at 5,143 Dax down -49.58 (-0.42%) at 11,815 Currencies €/$ 1.10 (1.10) $/¥ 121.64 (121.53) £/$ 1.55 (1.55) €/£ 0.7098 (0.7108) Commodities ($) Brent...
...(WSJ) Charter near $55bn TWC deal The US cable company backed by billionaire John Malone is nearing a deal to acquire Time Warner Cable in a stock-and-cash deal more than a year after it first eyed the...
...Liberty Global, John Malone’s cable giant, has bumped up its stake in ITV to 9.9 per cent with the purchase of 138.7m shares....
...(Financial Times) US cable billionaire John Malone has approached the principal shareholder in Formula One about buying a stake in the motor racing series....
...A bidding war for Ono, which analysts value at up to €7bn including debt, would pit the UK’s biggest telecoms company by market value against John Malone’s cable company for the second time in as many years...
...(Financial Times) Southeastern takes 11.9% stake in News Corp voting shares: Southeastern has built the largest non-family position in News Corp’s voting shares since John Malone, the Liberty Media chairman...
...John Malone’s Liberty Global is preparing to make a bid for Virgin Media, the UK cable operator with an enterprise value of more than $20bn, in a deal that would mark the US billionaire’s biggest move yet...
...On commodities, copper advanced 0.2 per cent to $3.68 a pound and Brent crude traded back above $112 a barrel. Gold added $2 at $1,691 an ounce....
...Gold is adding $3 to $1,677 an ounce and industrial commodities are firmer after early softness, with copper up 0.1 per cent to $3.77 a pound and Brent crude advancing 13 cents to $115.73 a barrel....
...Mr Diller is spinning off Expedia later this year and Mr Malone is licking his lips....
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