Opinion: Taming takeovers
From the ashes of her manifesto Prime Minister Theresa May has
picked out a measure that could see certain UK companies shielded
from foreign bidders.
According to the UK Department of Business, the government is
already "actively engaging with businesses and stakeholders to
develop proposals that improve and update our merger and takeover
rules".
The widely held assumption is that Chinese buyers are the
intended target of the clampdown.
Much of the detail remains unclear, though the focus of th
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