Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tony Isaac, chief executive of BOC, played down talk of a merger with Linde on Thursday as he reported ...

U.K. Inc.? Companies on the continent and further afield, are showing an inordinate amount of interest in a U.K. hookup. And it's not confined to a single industry: Shipping and ports concern P&O is ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Linde, the German conglomerate that is taking over the British industrial gases group BOC for £8.2bn, on ...

British industrial gas group BOC has rebuffed an unsolicited $13.4 billion takeover offer by German rival Linde. But the deal, which would create the world's largest producer of industrial gases, is ...

Linde Plc, the parent company of Linde Group, now holds indirect beneficial ownership in BOC Gases Nigeria Plc. The beneficial ownership arose from the merger between Linde AG, a company registered in ...

Germany's Linde has agreed to acquire U.K.-headquartered BOC Group for €16 per share, or about $15.5 billion at current exchange rates. The offer is subject to clearance by European and U.S. antitrust ...

Linde, the German industrial gases group, has made a recommended £16-a-share offer for Britain’s BOC Group.The cash offer values gases group BOC at £8.2bn. Linde said the offer represented a 40pc ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. &#151 The Linde Group Monday (March 12) announced plans to sell the semiconductor equipment arm of BOC Edwards to private-equity buyout specialist CCMP Capital Advisors LLC for $900 ...

INDUSTRIAL gases giant BOC today accepted an £8.2bn takeover bid from German rival Linde with the added sweetener of a promise that its £450m pension deficit will be wiped out within three years. The ...

KARACHI, Sept 8: The BOC Group plc, UK, which holds the majority equity in BOC Pakistan Limited — a Karachi stock market listed company — has been acquired by Linde AG, Woeshbaden. Reports reaching ...

Germany's Linde AG said Monday that directors of Britain's BOC Group PLC have accepted a takeover offer in a deal valued at 8 billion pounds ($14 billion) that would create the world's biggest maker ...

Linde, the German industrial group, could be forced to plug the multi-million pound pensions deficit of BOC if it succeeds with its audacious £7.6bn offer to buy Britain's industrial gases group.