Tesco for Home Retail Group, according to The Times and the Financial Times

Tucked away at the back of the The Times market report is a surprising snippet on the Home Retail Group takeover situation.

According to The Times market report, Tesco - yes, Tesco - was sold off yesterday amid fears it's "putting in a rival bid" for Home Retail Group. Here is a link to the excellent report, written by Tom Knowles:

Back on Tip TV talking about Home Retail Group, Wal-Mart, Imagination Technologies, WebMD and Panmure Gordon

Here is a link to today's clip:

http://www.tiptv.co.uk/finance/ma-update-steinhoff-stunned-market-with-home-retail-group-bid/

Quelle Surprise: A counterbidder emerges for Home Retail Group

Regular viewers of Tip TV won't be surprised to learn of Steinhoff's 175p a share counter bid for Home Retail Group.

That's because just over 11 days ago I highlighted on the show there were vague rumours doing the rounds about a potential counter offer for Home Retail Group. Here is the link:

Back on Tip TV talking about Home Retail Group, Pacific Biosciences, Vertex and West Ham United

It's a Monday, so here is a link to today's Tip TV clip:

http://www.tiptv.co.uk/finance/ma-update-chemchina-43-billion-formal-offer-for-syngenta/

Quelle Surprise: J Sainsbury agrees 161p a share takeover bid for Home Retail Group

I see J Sainsbury and Home Retail Group have effectively agreed a deal that will see the latter taken out for 161p a share by the FTSE 100 company. Here is the link:

http://www.investegate.co.uk/sainsbury-j--plc--sbry-/rns/possible-offer-for-home-retail-group-plc/201602020704437439N/

Back on Tip TV talking about Home Retail Group, GlaxoSmithKline and General Growth Properties

Zak was in the chair today, probing me about Betaville and M&A.

Here is a link to today's clip:

http://www.tiptv.co.uk/finance/ma-roundup-argos-sainsburys-deal-on-a-knife-edge/

Back on Tip TV talking about GlaxoSmithKline, Home Retail Group and General Growth Properties - part 2

There is an interesting piece in the The Times this morning about J Sainsbury's submitting a revised offer for Home Retail Group (I would paste the link but it doesn't seem to work).

The piece, written by my old boss Richard Fletcher, sort of echoes some of the things I talked about on Tip TV earlier in the week.

Back on Tip TV talking about GlaxoSmithKline, Home Retail Group and General Growth Properties

It's a Monday, so here is a link to today's Tip TV clip.

http://www.tiptv.co.uk/finance/m-sainsburys-bid-for-home-retail/

Deals, deals, deals - part 2

My old boss Richard "Fletch" Fletcher, now business editor of The Times, has just landed a rather interesting scoop about Sir Terry Leahy and US buy-out firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR) weighing a counter bid for Home Retail Group.

Here is the link:

Deals, deals, deals...

Well that didn't take long - dealmaking (in the UK, at least) is back in full flow.

And I guess my chums Oliver Shah and Daniel Dunkley of The Sunday Times deserve some credit for today's news about J Sainsbury's £1 billion bid for Home Retail Group.

Back on Tip TV talking about 21st Century Fox, Sky, Home Retail Group, Relypsa and Time Warner

Moose and Zak teamed up this week to interview me on the M&A market. Here is a link today's show:

http://www.tiptv.co.uk/finance/ma-update-speculation-surrounding-home-retail-group-corporate-activity-from-21st-century-fox-possible/