SUNDAY TIMES
The board of William Hill has blocked a £4 billion all-share merger with Rank Group because of the companies' different ratings on the stock exchange.
A consortium of private-equity firms stalking NTL and Telewest has approached a syndicate of banks about borrowing money for a leveraged-buyout deal
First Technology will this week receive a £200 million all-cash bid from Honeywell
Lookers thought to be working on a plan to bid close to 850p-a-share for Reg Vardy
Elliot Bernerd to launch a £1 billion property vehicle this week
Carphone Warehouse acquires the British and Irish assets of Tele 2 of Sweden for £10.5 million
Three private-equity bidders are leading the £1.7 billion auction of Shell's Liquefied Petroleum Gas business, BC Partners, PAI & Bain, Capital and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Goldman Sachs Capital partners
Crown Sports believed to have called off takeover talks with LA Fitness
Gymbox, a Central London gym, has raised £3.25 million to finance expansion plans
All3Media, the TV production company behind Hollyoaks and Richard & Judy, appointed investment bankers to advise on a prospective £250 million sale or flotation
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Autogrill, a subsidiary of Benetton, last week made a £1.4 billion bid for the retail food and drink arm of Compass Group
JJB Sports has assigned a clutch of unopened stores to Sports World
Dubai's DP World expected to post a £3.3 billion offer for P&O this week
Morgan Stanley criticises Pilkington for not accepting a 158p-a-share offer from Nippon Sheet Glass
Langan's, the restaurant group, at the centre of a bidding war amid rumours that owner Richard Shepherd is looking to sell
Cox & Kings is to be bought out by the Indian arm of its operations as part of a global restructuring
THE OBSERVER
Defence minister Lord Drayson has questioned whether a transatlantic merger between BAE Systems and a major US contractor would be in the national interest
Financial Services Authority ready to investigate Macquarie's bid for LSE
THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
Lookers to issue a statement this week declaring its continued interest in bidding for Reg Vardy
Old Mutual to claim victory in its contested bid for Skandia
NTL expected to make a new takeover bid for Virgin Mobile
Nippon Sheet Glass could turn hostile in its bid for Pilkington
Macquarie Bank will open talks with leading shareholders about raising its offer for LSE
China Real Estate Opportunities has raised £13.5 million from its board and expected to list before the year end
THE BUSINESS
Midway, the US media group, emerges as one of three suitors eyeing SCI Entertainment
David Lloyd's Next Generation plans to puts its 14 clubs up for sale in the new year after takeover interest from Esporta
Hilton Group's Ladbrokes will bid for the next UK lottery licence
EBS FX Solutions is to be sold by its consortium of banking owners
Premier Oil is among a group of up to six UK oil companies that will challenge US oil giant Kerr-McGee by snapping up rights to drill a 200,000 square kilometre swathe of contested North West African coast line
THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Euronext set to trump Macquarie's bid for LSE
Highbury House rebuffed an approach by a rival interested in buying its titles this week.
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