Financial software leader ponders sale
One of Europe’s leading niche financial software companies is gearing up for sale…
Switzerland
Investor revolt ends Sunrise Liberty Global deal
Sunrise Communications has responded to investor pressure and scrapped its acquisition of Liberty Global’s Swiss cable business UPC.…
Sunrise’s UPC takeover anything but home and dry
Sunrise Communications has cut the size of a rights offer but this has failed to secure the support…
Sunrise could slash rights issue
Swiss group Sunrise Communications has been discussing with investors how it could reduce the amount of new equity…
Sunrise UPC buy obtains Swiss approval
The Swiss anti-trust authority has says that it expects Sunrise Communications’ SFr6.3bn (US$6.36bn) takeover of Liberty Global’s UPC…
Sunrise shareholders support UPC deal
Sunrise’s finance chief Andre Krause says that despite opposition from major investor Freenet, most shareholders of Sunrise Communications…
Nestle cautious approach on M&A
Nestle finance director Francois-Xavier Roger says that the company is taking a highly selective approach to acquisitions and…
DSV broadens its global reach
Ending a more than two month takeover battle designed to build scale in the consolidating transport sector, Swiss…
Freenet may derail Sunrise-UPC deal
German telecoms group Freenet is pushing to cut the price and amend the terms of Sunrise Communications’ proposed…
ABB plots further disposal
In the latest development in a radical restructuring aimed at improving performance, the Swiss industrial giant ABB is…