<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Alert Data News | Business | Companies | UK | Mergers &amp; Acquisitions</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk</link><description>Latest Mergers &amp; Acquisitions Business News powered by Alert Data</description><language>en-gb</language><copyright>&amp;copy; Alert Research Ltd 2005-2010</copyright><webMaster>rss@alertdata.co.uk</webMaster><ttl>30</ttl><docs>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/rss.php</docs><generator>PHP/5.2.13</generator><image><title>Alert Data</title><url>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/images/alertdata.gif</url><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk</link><width>216</width><height>51</height><description>Latest Mergers &amp; Acquisitions Business News powered by Alert Data</description></image><item><title>Goldman Sachs Europe</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/296920.htm</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;Goldman has no plans to replace 500bn deal man&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Goldman Sachs has no plans to replace its respected and prolific outgoing head of European mergers and acquisitions, who is moving to pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline, leaving unfilled one of the...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:21:23 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alertdata.co.uk/296920.htm</guid></item><item><title>Foster's Emea Limited</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/80505.htm</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;Foster's turns down $2.5bn bid for wine business&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Australian brewer Foster's today rejected a A$2.7 billion (£1.6 billion) offer from an unnamed private equity firm for its wine business, sparking hopes that it could now attract a full-scale takeover...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:21:06 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alertdata.co.uk/80505.htm</guid></item><item><title>BNP Paribas UK Limited</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/175283.htm</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;BNP Paribas sells out of China joint venture&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mitsubishi UFJ Trust &amp; Banking Corporation said it signed an agreement with BNP Paribas Asset Management to buy its entire 33% stake in an asset-management joint venture with Shenyin &amp; Wanguo Securiti...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:20:53 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alertdata.co.uk/175283.htm</guid></item><item><title>Mitsubishi Ufj Trust &amp; Banking Corporation</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/427376.htm</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;BNP Paribas sells out of China joint venture&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mitsubishi UFJ Trust &amp; Banking Corporation said it signed an agreement with BNP Paribas Asset Management to buy its entire 33% stake in an asset-management joint venture with Shenyin &amp; Wanguo Securiti...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:20:53 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alertdata.co.uk/427376.htm</guid></item><item><title>Invensys PLC</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/1984.htm</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;Invensys saved from demotion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;It looks as if chairman Sir Nigel Rudd and the board have been saved the ignominy of seeing the engineering group booted unceremoniously out of the Footsie today. The shares shot up to 273p before clo...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:20:10 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alertdata.co.uk/1984.htm</guid></item><item><title>Santander UK PLC</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/3262.htm</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;Santander plans to hire 6,000 | Digital Look&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Santander, the Spanish bank that is taking over many high street branches from RBS, plans to recruit 6,000 staff over the next year or two, according to the Financial Times.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:20:31 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alertdata.co.uk/3262.htm</guid></item><item><title>Santander UK PLC</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/3262.htm</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;Santander plans to hire 6,000&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;LONDON (SHARECAST)  - Santander, the Spanish bank that is taking over many high street branches from RBS, plans to recruit 6,000 staff over the next year or two, according to the Financial Times.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:20:30 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alertdata.co.uk/3262.htm</guid></item><item><title>British Airways PLC</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/4411.htm</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;Walsh: BA for more mergers and acquisitions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;British Airways target 12 airlines after Spain's Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana is finalised.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:21:02 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alertdata.co.uk/4411.htm</guid></item><item><title>Santander UK PLC</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/3262.htm</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;Santander to recruit 600 staff&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Santander is recruiting 600 new staff to cope with its acquisition of Royal Bank of Scotland branches.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:20:24 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alertdata.co.uk/3262.htm</guid></item><item><title>Waterstone's Booksellers Ltd</title><link>http://www.alertdata.co.uk/4141.htm</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;Tim Waterstone poised to regain book chain as profits plunge under HMV&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Founder considers a £100m-plus bid for the underperforming book chain if HMV's turnaround plan fails</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:49:29 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.alertdata.co.uk/4141.htm</guid></item></channel></rss>