FRANKFURT, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Vodafone may fail to reach the 75 percent threshold of acceptances from shareholders needed to clinch Germany's largest cable operator Kabel Deutschland, the Financial Times said on Monday. "Some of Kabel Deutschland's shareholders believe that the amount of te
Read moreFRANKFURT, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Vodafone may fail to reach the 75 percent threshold of acceptances from shareholders needed to clinch Germany's largest cable operator Kabel Deutschland, the Financial Times said on Monday. "Some of Kabel Deutschland's shareholders believe that the amount of te
Read moreVodafone is considering a £6bn takeover of Africa's Maroc Telecom after agreeing to sell its stake in Verizon Wireless, the Mail on Sunday reported. The phone company is also mulling a move for France's SFR using the war chest it will have after returning cash from the Verizon deal to shareholders.
Read moreBy Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc has been sued by a shareholder seeking to void its $130 billion buyout of Vodafone Group Plc's stake in the companies' wireless joint venture on the grounds the price is too high. In a lawsuit filed in a New
Read moreBy Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc has been sued by a shareholder seeking to void its $130 billion buyout of Vodafone Group Plc's stake in the companies' wireless joint venture on the grounds the price is too high. In a lawsuit filed in a New
Read moreBy Paul Kilby NEW YORK, Sept 6 (IFR) - In its second market foray of the week, America Movil, A2/A-/A, returned Thursday to tap another niche market, this time raising USD750m through a three-year floater. The issuer hit the sweet spot for investors seeking a hedge against US rate vol
Read moreNEW DELHI, Sept 6 (Reuters) - A Mumbai court dismissed a petition by Vodafone Group in a tax dispute with the Indian authorities, ruling on Friday that a tax tribunal should examine the matter first, the British mobile company said. Vodafone said it has almost 12 weeks to review its options
Read moreJefferies International said Vodafone's shares were an uncompelling investment after the telecoms company agreed to sell its stake in Verizon Wireless to Verizon Communications. The Jefferies analysts said if the rump of Vodafone traded in line with its sector that would imply a share price of 236p
Read moreBUDAPEST, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Hungary on Friday extended the licences of the country's three mobile phone operators in the 900 MHz and 1,800 MHz radio frequency bands until 2022, the media and telecommunications authority NMHH said in a statement. The operators are Deutsche Telekom unit Magy
Read moreAntofagasta: Canaccord Genuity lowers target price from 1035p to 1020p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Ashmore Group: Canaccord Genuity downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 380p. Associated British Foods: Societe Generale upgrades to hold with a target price of 1900p
Read moreMILAN, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Vodafone is ready to direct a large part of its "Project Spring" investment spend on Italy, Chief Executive Vittorio Colao said in a newspaper interview published on Friday. Colao was quoted as telling Il Corriere della Sera that Italy becomes Vodafone's second lar
Read moreMILAN, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Vodafone is ready to direct a large part of its "Project Spring" investment spend on Italy, Chief Executive Vittorio Colao said in an interview on Friday. Colao told Il Corriere della Sera that Italy remained one of Vodafone's main markets following the $130 billio
Read moreBy Shankar Ramakrishnan and Danielle Robinson NEW YORK, Sept 5 (IFR) - There was no let-up in deal supply in the US high-grade market Thursday despite the Jewish New Year holiday as four issuers raised US$5.55bn ahead of release of potentially mood-changing non-farm payrolls data. Mos
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