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Doubts grow over GlaxoSmithKline’s $6 billion capital return plan

Fri May 1, 2015/Reuters GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) may ditch a plan to return 4 billion pounds ($6.1 billion) to investors, some analysts believe, as the drugmaker prepares to set out its vision for the reshaped group and a new chairman takes the helm. Instead, Britain’s biggest drugmaker could use cash flowing […]

Shell signs $15.3 billion bridge loan

Fri May 1, 2015/Reuters Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has agreed a 10.07 billion pound ($15.28 billion) bridge loan from a group of relationship banks backing its 47 billion pound takeover of smaller rival BG Group (BG.L), the company announced on Friday. The two-year loan replaces a 3.025 billion pound interim […]

Continental Re Eyes African Acquisitions to Expand-CEO

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s reinsurer, Continental Reinsurance Plc says it plans an African acquisition in  the next three (3) years as it seeks to expand to other parts of the continent , a Bloomberg report  on Thursday quoted Femi Oyetunji, chief executive officer CEO of the company. According […]