Geoff Foster goes big!

I see Geoff Foster has gone big on New Year's eve.

The veteran market reporter at The Daily Mail reveals in his final column of the year that Vodafone and US cable giant Liberty Global are likely to pursue a £140 billion merger in 2016 after talks were rekindled in the last few weeks.

BOOM: Bloomberg reporting Liberty Global in talks with Vodafone about $200 billion plus merger - part 2

Apologies - I would have posted earlier but I have been out all day.

Anyway, I see Vodafone has responded to Bloomberg's story from last night about the FTSE 100 telecoms giant being in talks with Jon Malone's Liberty Global about a $200 billion plus merger.

BOOM: Bloomberg reporting Liberty Global in talks with Vodafone about $200 billion plus merger

Yes - Bloomberg is reporting tonight what I have written in the headline. Here is a link to the Bloomie story:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-04/vodafone-said-to-discuss-options-including-a-merger-with-liberty

Daisy Group

Will the uber-acquisitive Liberty Global/Virgin Media step in with a £500 million plus counter offer for telecoms and IT company Daisy Group?

Mark Kleinman over at Sky News revealed back in March that US cable giant Liberty Global, controlled by media tycoon Jon Malone, held takeover talks with Daisy Group but the negotiations ultimately broke down. Here is a link to Kleinman's article: http://news.sky.com/story/1225606/liberty-global-aims-to-bloom-with-500m-daisy