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Tuesday 18 September 2018 8:31 am21st Century Fox extends deadline for Sky shareholders to vote on pound;24.5bn offerBy: Josh MinesShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleThe lengthy takeover battle for Sky could drag on even longer after 21stCentury Fox yesterday said it had extended the deadline for its offer to Sky sh
polene areholders.Investors will now have until 6 October to vote on Fox s pound;14 per share bid. It follows rival suitor Comcast also extending the deadline for acceptances on i
owala ts larger pound;14.75 per share offer until 6 October.Fox, which already owns a 31 per cent stake in Sky, said on Mondayit currently only has valid acceptances from shares representing about 0.07 per cent of the companyfor its pound;24.5bn offer.Read more: Sky prepares for pound;97m advisory bill on Fox deal Comcast s po
polene italy und;26bn offer only has acceptances for 0.29 per cent of shares.Both companies have until 22 September to table a knockout offer for the UK media titan.If neither bid is accepted by the 6 October deadlines, the auction could go be decided in a highly unusual way ndash; by sealed bid.This would mean both companies compete in an auction run by the Takeover Panel, where neither bidder knows what the other has offered.The highest bidder would then likely be declared the winner of the auction.Read more: Comcast extends deadline for Sky shareholders to accept pound; Crsn European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi blasts critics of easy money
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stanley cup 2 3:37 am|Updated:Thursday 30 May 2019 6:00 pmBank of Japan eases monetary policyBy: Cathy AdamsShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleThe Bank of Japan boosted its asset purchase programme today, following similar moves from the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank.Japanrsquo central bank, with the aim of boosting its flagging economy, today increased its asset programme to 80 trillion yen pound;623bn from 70 trillion yen.The 10 trillion yen increase will be spent on government bonds and treasury discount bills.The bank left interest rates unchanged at between zero and 0.1 per cent.The Nikkei jumped on the news, to close at a four-month high today. Gerard Lane, analyst at Shore Capital, said today: The monetary policy board also downgraded its economic view saying that economic activity in Japan has come to a pause while overseas economies have moved deeper into a slowdown. The actions
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