An A-Z of Sunday business news
THIS Is Money reads the Sunday papers so you don't have to. Here is this weekend's round-up of the top City stories:
ABP
Sunday Times: Associated British Ports has teamed up with 3i, the venture-capital group, in a bid for Simon Group, the £94m ports and logistics operator.
ARK
Sunday Telegraph: ARK, one of the UK's largest biotech firms, will unveil plans this week for a stock market flotation that will value the company at £140m.
Andersen
Independent on Sunday: The British arm of the beleaguered accountant is expected to complete its deal to be sold off to KPMG.
BA
Sunday Times: British Airways could ditch its popular World Offers seat-sales programme as part of a pricing restructure.
British Land
Sunday Telegraph: British Land has made a £350m bid to form a joint venture with Big Food Group, the frozen food retailer formerly known as Iceland.
C&W
Sunday Times: Cable & Wireless is calling on the government to order a Competition Commission inquiry into BT Group‘s allegedly anti-competitive behaviour and force its break-up.
Cazenove
The Observer: The giant US investment bank JP Morgan Chase is plotting a £2 billion bid for the blue-blooded British stockbroker Cazenove.
Cine-UK
Sunday Telegraph: Cine-UK, one of the country's biggest multiplex cinema operators, has been put up for sale by its venture capital owners with a price tag of up to £150m. Odeon is seen as a likely buyer.
EasyJet
Sunday Times: Stelios Haji-Ioannou is planning to open a cinema in London that will sell tickets for as little as 20p.
EMI
The Business: EMI has given its blessing to the flotation of High Street retailer HMV Media, in which it holds a 42.7% stake.
Interbrew
The Observer: the Belgian brewing giant behind Stella Artois lager is thought to have rejected the idea of bidding for South African Breweries.
ITV Digital
Sunday Telegraph: Carlton and Granada are expected to announce provisions of up £200m to meet the costs of funding their ITV Digital joint venture during its administration and restructuring.
The Business: Football League clubs facing bankruptcy in the wake of the ITV Digital affair will be urged by the Government to use part-time players in a bid to avoid collapse.
Kirch
Sunday Telegraph: Leo Kirch has agreed to reduce his stake in Germany's legendary media business to 10% if the company can escape bankruptcy.
The Observer: Rupert Murdoch is considering an eleventh-hour bail-out of Kirch Media as the debt-laden German company's bankers drew up a plan to stop him acquiring its crown jewels at a knockdown price.
LSE
Sunday Telegraph: The London Stock Exchange is in talks to buy the Dubai stock exchange in a deal which would be its first corporate transaction since it failed to buy Liffe last October.
Marconi
Independent on Sunday: The telecoms group will this week present its creditors with a last-ditch attempt at survival through a £3bn debt-for-equity swap.
NTL
Sunday Times: Recapitalisation of NTL‘s £12 billion debts is almost complete and should be announced this week, several months earlier than expected.
Railtrack
The Observer: German bank WestLB is ready to drop its offer for Railtrack in a controversial development that could leave Government-backed Network Rail as the sole bidder.
Sainsbury
The Observer: Sainsbury‘s will this week underline its recovery with a trading statement showing that it is gaining market share from rivals such as Tesco and Safeway.
Scottish & Southern Energy
The Business: The group is preparing a bid for Seeboard, the south-east England based electricity copany that has been put up for sale by owner American Electric Power.
