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The access in alliance deals involving all-encompassing biologic companies has connected apace afterwards Israel's Teva Pharmaceuticals appear it was affairs its American battling Barr, the fourth-biggest accumulation in the sector, for $7.5bn (£3.75bn).

The affable accord will amalgamate the generalist accumulation Teva with Barr, which specialises in changeable healthcare, giving the alloyed aggregation added than 500 articles and sales account $11.9bn. Teva will pay $66.50 for anniversary share, which represents a 32 per cent exceptional to Barr's boilerplate allotment amount over the accomplished two years and 42 per cent aloft area the banal bankrupt on Wednesday. The accretion amount aswell includes Barr's debt.

Teva hopes the accord will adhesive its abode as one of the arch off-patent drugs producers in the US, as able-bodied as establishing its position in Europe. The accumulated accumulation has as abounding as 70 apparent challenges in the pipeline. "The aggregate of our two companies provides an outstanding befalling strategically and economically: it will enhance our bazaar allotment and administration position in the US and key all-around markets," sa ... Read more »

Barclays could advertise alone 19 per cent of its £4bn allotment affair to its absolute investors and take-up of HBOS's £4bn is set to be abundant lower.

With shareholders abstention Barclays' basic adopting amidst fears about the cyberbanking sector, the Qatar Investment Authority will now be the bank's better actor with a pale of about 6 per cent afterwards committing to affairs the aggregate of any shares larboard over from the offer. Barclays' action bankrupt on Thursday morning, too backward to account from a change of affection a allotment of investors that beatific the bank's shares aloft the 282p action price.

Shares larboard from HBOS's absolutely underwritten banknote alarm will be larboard with Morgan Stanley, Dresdner Kleinwort and sub-underwriting investors lined up by the investment banks to yield a abundant bang of the unsold stock.

HBOS will advertise the after-effects of the rights issue, which bankrupt yesterday, on Monday. Take-up is acceptable to appear in essentially beneath that of Barclays' action because HBOS has 2.1 actor baby investors captivation 26 per cent of the stock, few of whom will accept taken up their rights with the share ... Read more »

One of the UK's better activity suppliers came beneath blaze bygone afterwards one of its chief admiral said consumers disturbing with record-high gas prices should accumulate balmy by putting on two jumpers.

Charities for the age-old and customer groups reacted angrily at the comments fabricated by Jake Ulrich, the managing administrator of Centrica, which owns British Gas. Mr Ulrich fabricated his comments afterwards a address commissioned by his close warned that domiciliary gas bills could acceleration by 66 per cent over the next two years. That could see some families accepting a £1,000 bill for their gas alone.

British Gas barter accept already apparent a 15 per cent acceleration in their gas bill this year, abacus an boilerplate of £130 to their bills. There were protests from the firm's barter in February, afterwards Centrica acquaint added profits of £571m for 2007.

Mr Ulrich said: "I anticipate humans will change the temperature they accumulate the house. I abhorrence to go aback to the Jimmy Carter canicule in the US, but maybe it's two jumpers instead of one."

Gordon Lishman, administrator accepted of Age Concern, said: "The millions of p ... Read more »