The chairman of Generali said on Saturday he hoped Telecom Italia would benefit from opportunities from sector consolidation but if it did not come up with a convincing business plan, Generali would need …

The company is set to land a staggering windfall of £84 billion from selling its stake in US mobile phone company Verizon Wireless.

Vodafone said on Sunday it was in advanced talks with Verizon Communications about the sale of its 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion in a mix of cash and shares. “There is no certainty …

Activist investor Carl Icahn said he had raised his stake in speech recognition software maker Nuance Communications Inc to 16.9 percent and that he may discuss the possibility of adding his nominees to …

Verizon Communications is close to buying the remaining stake in Verizon Wireless from Vodafone Group PLC it does not own for potentially $130 billion, according to people familiar with the talks, in what …

Information obtained by The Mail on Sunday reveals HS2 will blight the lives of more than 500,000 unsuspecting people along a 40-mile-wide corridor through the heart of Middle England.

Hedge fund manager William Ackman unveiled his biggest bet ever on Wednesday, a $2.2 billion play on Air Products & Chemicals Inc that the billionaire trader kept secret for two months. The activist investor’s …

French media and telecoms conglomerate Vivendi SA said on Tuesday it had entered into exclusive talks to sell its majority stake in Maroc Telecom to Abu Dhabi-based Etisalat for 4.2 billion euros in cash. …

Labour grandee John Reid called on Ed Miliband to take ‘decisive action’ in the battle with the unions, stressing that Mr Miliband’s ‘credibility’ is at stake.

Singapore state investor Temasek has not approached the British government about buying a 4.5 billion pound stake in part-nationalized Lloyds Banking Group , industry sources told Reuters on Sunday. The …