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Main Category: Department and Variety StoresCity : London
Country : United Kingdom
Website: www.sainsburys.co.uk
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Buy-out failures on the rise
Saturday, 10 November 2007
Saturday, 10 November 2007
The number of failed buy-out attempts by private equity houses is rising, and the effects are being felt in the Gulf.
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Sainsbury takeover collapses
Monday, 5 November 2007
Monday, 5 November 2007
Qatar drops $22.1bn bid for UK supermarket, blaming credit crisis and cost of funding pension schemes.
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Qatar gets Sainsbury bid deadline
Sunday, 28 October 2007
Sunday, 28 October 2007
UK takeover watchdog sets November 8 deadline for Delta Two to make a bid or walk away.
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Qatar fund edges closer to Sainsbury deal
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Delta Two could make formal offer for British supermarket group as early as next week.
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British rain dampens Sainsbury sales
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Qatar takeover target sees growth slow in Q2 due to torrential summer rains and flooding that lashed UK.
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Pensions sticky issue in Sainsbury bid
Tuesday, 9 October 2007
Tuesday, 9 October 2007
Sainsbury family may try to derail offer for UK supermarket if Qatar does not strike deal with pension trustees.
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Sainsbury poised to back Qatar bid
Sunday, 7 October 2007
Sunday, 7 October 2007
Board could recommend Delta Two's $10.6bn bid as early as this week, according to UK newspaper.
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Qatar in talks with Sainsbury pension trustees
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
State fund Delta Two to begin negotiations with trustees in push to acquire supermarket.
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Qatar closes in on Sainsbury
Thursday, 20 September 2007
Thursday, 20 September 2007
UK supermarket giant opens books to Delta Two after fund offers more cash in $21.4bn takeover.
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Improved Sainsbury offer expected
Sunday, 2 September 2007
Sunday, 2 September 2007
Qatar-backed investment fund Delta Two to make revised offer in next seven days, banker says.
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Qatar to raise equity in Sainsbury bid
Thursday, 30 August 2007
Thursday, 30 August 2007
State-owned Delta Two investment fund to inject up to $2bn of additional equity, reports say.
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Sainsbury gives Delta more time
Saturday, 25 August 2007
Saturday, 25 August 2007
Supermarket group gives Qatari fund more time to boost the equity part of its $20bn takeover bid.
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Union opposition to Sainsbury deal
Thursday, 16 August 2007
Thursday, 16 August 2007
Britain's largest union urges board to block Qatar's bid, plans to take case to the competition regulator.
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Banks seek Sainsbury finance extension
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
Banks behind the Qatar bid for J. Sainsbury are looking to extend their commitments as takeover talks drag on.
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Qatar ready to improve Sainsbury bid
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
Delta Two prepared to reduce proportion of debt in $21.4bn bid for UK supermarket giant, report says.
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Banks could pull Qatar Sainsbury bid
Saturday, 11 August 2007
Saturday, 11 August 2007
Banks are considering pulling the plug on the $21bn deal due to market turmoil, according to a UK newspaper.
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Delta Two unlikely to raise Sainsbury bid
Monday, 6 August 2007
Monday, 6 August 2007
Qatari fund refusing to change takeover structure, despite concerns over level of debt in deal, source says.
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Customers demanding eco-friendly logistics
Sunday, 5 August 2007
Sunday, 5 August 2007
Logistics companies are facing increased pressure to provide customers with environmentally friendly services, according to speakers at the recent SCALA Consulting Annual Logistics Debate.
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Sainsbury urges Qatar to up offer
Sunday, 5 August 2007
Sunday, 5 August 2007
UK supermarket giant will this week ask state-owned Delta Two to raise takeover bid by $2bn, sources say.
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The $70bn Qatari question
Thursday, 2 August 2007
Thursday, 2 August 2007
The Qataris are the moneymen to watch over the coming years, says James Bennett.
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UK to allow state funds greater market access
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
Chancellor Alistair Darling to welcome acquistion of more UK firms by foreign sovereign funds.
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Gulf foreign acquisitions hit $40bn this year
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
The region's investment in foreign companies could top $60bn if Sainsbury purchase goes ahead.
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Delta Two faces union blues over J Sainsbury bid
Sunday, 22 July 2007
Sunday, 22 July 2007
Qatari investment fund faces opposition over its planned takeover of the UK 'national icon' supermarket chain.
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Qatar mulls $21bn Sainsbury bid
Thursday, 19 July 2007
Thursday, 19 July 2007
UPDATE: Delta Two's bid is pitched at $21.3bn, plans to invest $6.1bn in the supermarket giant as talks continue.
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Qatar in $25bn bid for Sainsbury
Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Wednesday, 18 July 2007
British supermarket giant has confirmed $24.5 billion bid approach from Qatar's Delta Two investment firm.
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Qatar takeover of Sainsbury nears checkout
Thursday, 28 June 2007
Thursday, 28 June 2007
British supermarket giant on 'full bid alert' as a UK investor dramatically doubles his stake.
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Qatar talk feeds Sainsbury share rise
Monday, 18 June 2007
Monday, 18 June 2007
Reports of a takeover by Qatar's Delta investment group boost shares in the UK supermarket chain.
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Qatar ups Sainsbury stake to 25%
Sunday, 17 June 2007
Sunday, 17 June 2007
Delta investment is now the UK supermarket group's biggest shareholder, fuelling takeover speculation.
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UK stores go electric
Thursday, 31 May 2007
Thursday, 31 May 2007
Amid rising concerns over global warming, two of the UK's biggest retailers, Tesco and Sainsbury's have introduced electric powered vans to their home delivery service fleets.
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Sainsbury: not hot property for Qatar
Monday, 30 April 2007
Monday, 30 April 2007
UK group denies pressure to sell off real estate following the 17% Qatari stake purchase.
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Qatar takes $2.8bn Sainsbury stake
Thursday, 26 April 2007
Thursday, 26 April 2007
Three Delta's 14% stake in the UK supermarket group prompts new takeover speculation.
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Sainsbury’s makes free range pledge
Sunday, 1 April 2007
Sunday, 1 April 2007
Sainsbury's, the UK's third largest supermarket group, has pledged to eliminate eggs produced in battery farms by 2012.
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Reliance eyes Sainsbury, Carrefour stakes
Sunday, 18 March 2007
Sunday, 18 March 2007
India's Reliance Industries is considering stakes in British supermarket Sainsbury's or French retailer Carrefour.
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Sainsbury’s fairtrade commitments
Thursday, 1 March 2007
Thursday, 1 March 2007
Sainsbury's, the UK's leading fairtrade retailer, has pledged to continue its major investments in supporting fairtrade goods, as it announced sales of the goods are set to more than double this year, with an expected increase of 145%.
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Qatar in Sainsbury's bid speculation
Sunday, 18 February 2007
Sunday, 18 February 2007
The emirate has discussed a potential bid for Sainsbury's with a rival UK retailer.
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M&S weighing up bid for Sainsbury
Thursday, 8 February 2007
Thursday, 8 February 2007
Two of Britain's best-known retailers could be combined if a deal went ahead.
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Sainsbury’s goes bananas
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Sainsbury’s, a UK supermarket group, is set to source its entire stock of bananas from Fairtrade farms without increasing the price of the produce from its stores.
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