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Exclusive: F1 Chairman On Pole For $50m Payday - Sky News (blog)
“Having Brabeck as chairman helps to legitimise the investment story,” a person close to the listing tells me. The board of Delta Topco will meet in Monte Carlo on Friday ahead of this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix. Directors are likely to sign off the ...
Exclusive: MF Administrator Seeks LME Stake Buyer - Sky News (blog)
According to the LME's articles of association, all share transfers also have to be approved by the exchange's board, according to a person close to it. It's unclear whether KPMG will be able to secure anything more than a distressed price for the ...
Exclusive: Cable Sets Sights On Pay Clawback - Sky News (blog)
“The objective is to simplify and improve the structure of remuneration to incentivise and reward sustainable long-term performance,” a person close to Mr Cable said tonight. “We want to use this as an opportunity to ask if there are further measures ...
Exclusive: BP Chief To Accompany PM On Moscow Visit - Sky News (blog)
"It will be useful for BP to have Bob on the visit with the PM given current events," a person close to BP told me today. It follows a raid on BP's Moscow office by bailiffs and armed special forces last week, which was prompted by a row with minority ...
Exclusive: Grandee Bank In Talks To Buy Clydesdale, Yorkshire - Sky News (blog)
“Multiple options are being explored,” said a person close to the Australian bank. Selling its branches to NBNK would become a more attractive proposition to Lloyds if NBNK already owns the NAB assets, because it would already have access to an ...
Exclusive: Broughton Offers Tote Sweetener - Sky News (blog)
... (SIP), Broughton's private equity firm, tweaked the terms of its proposal by increasing the value of his offer to the Treasury by £2m and the overall value by "a substantially larger sum", according to a person close to the process. ...
Exclusive: News Corp Mulls F1 Bid - Sky News (blog)
“The company is kicking the tyres, as you would expect, given that there may be a serious business opportunity to examine in relation to F1,” a person close to the sport told me this evening. “It has been approached by a number of potential ...
Exclusive: RBS Objects To FSA Crisis Report - Sky News (blog)
The principal legal objection to the report is that it apparently contains a number of factual inaccuracies that the bank's lawyers believe would leave it exposed to “substantial litigation risk”, according to a person close to the situation. ...
Exclusive: Bond Move Paves Way For Air Traffic Sale - Sky News (blog)
“It removes a potential roadblock to a sale of the Government's controlling stake,” a person close to the process told me today. I understand that ministers are poised to kick off a consultation process to decide whether to sell its 49 per cent ...
Exclusive: Grandee Bank, NAB In Talks Over Lloyds Bid - Sky News (blog)
"It would provide liquidity and an exit route not currently available to NAB," a person close to the situation told me. For Levene's venture, the attractions are also apparent: NAB already has the infrastructure necessary to operate and support a large ...
Exclusive: Glencore Narrows Chairman Hunt - Sky News (blog)
"There's still a substantial list of people the company is looking at," a person close to the process told me. "There's no rush given that it hasn't even decided to go public yet." Tony Hayward, the former chief executive of BP, has been lined up as ...
Exclusive: RBS Investors Demand Hester Bonus - Sky News (blog)
... part of the RBS turnaround story and shareholders need him to be appropriately rewarded for it,” one investor, who declined to be named, has told me. ...
Exclusive: Merlin Expected To Shrink Big Society Bank - Sky News (blog)
The Big Society Bank "will not be a major part of the eventual Merlin agreement", a person close to the discussions told me today. But someone else involved ...
Exclusive: Santander Weighs Merlin Exit - Sky News (blog)
“The position with Santander is still very fluid,” a person close to Merlin said this evening. If Santander does decide to withdraw from the initiative, ...
Exclusive: Osborne Backtracks On Insider Trading - Sky News (blog)
... credible regulator within the CPMA, and believes that retaining its prosecutorial powers will support this aim,” a person close to the Treasury said. ...
Exclusive: Doughty Leads Race For Vue - Sky News (blog)
“There is still the possibility of this unravelling, but it looks like they may sign over the weekend,” a person close to the process told me. ...
BSkyB Rejects News Corp Proposal - Sky News (blog)
“This is not a do-or-die deal,” a person close to News Corp tells me. “There are other things we can do with the money.” 4. News Corp is confident that UK ...
Could Anderson Be BP's Next Chairman? - Sky News (blog)
“It has now moved from being a predominantly operational crisis to one that is more equally balanced with politics and finance,” a person close to BP tells ...
Exclusive: Sykes To Quit UKFI - Sky News (blog)
... and Royal Bank of Scotland, is planning to leave UK Financial Investments (UKFI) in the next few months, according to people close to the organisation. ...
Exclusive: Tories Approach Browne About Whitehall Role - Sky News (blog)
... the new Cabinet Office Minister, about the job, but has so far not indicated formally whether he would accept it, according to people close to him. ...
Government Faces Lloyds Dilemmas - Sky News (blog)
Sir Win Bischoff, Lloyds' chairman, may nonetheless decide to say something public on the subject at the AGM, according to people close to him. ...
Exclusive: Barclays To Hunt For Liverpool Buyer - Sky News (blog)
"This is almost certain to be an exit process," a person close to the situation told me tonight. Notwithstanding that, Hicks and Gillett have no intention ...