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...Ministers will request a meeting with executives at UK supermarket chain Wm Morrison over a pending £9.5bn takeover by a group of private equity firms, seeking reassurances over jobs and investment....
...But its retail operations require significant investment. It has more than 2,000 stores in the UK, many of which require updating or are located on struggling high streets....
...Banks have struggled to distribute loans backing Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s £6.6bn take-private of the supermarket chain Wm Morrison....
...Managers at Wm Morrison have expressed relief at agreeing a takeover that respects the “fundamental character” of the UK’s fourth-largest grocer — but few think that will prevent a new owner from making...
...the investment firm, to form a new company called the All American Poker Network. 888 already has joint ventures with Caesars, the owner of four Atlantic City casinos, as well as a strategic deal with WMS...
...Vodafone firmed 3.3 per cent to 148½p after completing the surprise £704m sale of its operations in Sweden....
...Food retailers continued to feel the weight of Wednesday’s profit warning from the UK’s Wm Morrison – its fifth in less than a year....
...Wm Morrison slid 1.6 per cent to 187¾p after Panmure Gordon cut profit forecasts for the supermarket, cited continued problems at Safeway....
...Palladex is also rumoured to be announcing drilling operations in Kazakhstan in February....
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