C&W to sell Japan stakes to Vodafone

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Cable & Wireless PLC (C&W) announced that it has reached an agreement to sell off its mobile-telephone shares in several Japanese firms to Vodafone AirTouch PLC. C&W will buy the shares for 254 million pound sterling (393.2 million euros). Analysts said that the acquisition price was fair. Under the deal, Vodafone will have a stronger role in how the mobile phone companies will be managed. C&W will sell an 8% share of Tokyo Digital Phone Co., a 7.2% share in Kansai Digital Phone Co., and a 7.2% share in Central Digital Phone Co.

Japan, Foreign operations, Cellular Mobile Radio Services, Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications, Mobile Radio Services, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Cellular telephone services industry, Cellular telephone services, Wireless communications services, Abstract, Vodafone AirTouch PLC, Cable & Wireless PLC

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Bryant and Beazer Will Merge to Form One Home Builder

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Beazer Group PLC and Bryant Group PLC, which are both home builders based in the United Kingdom, have agreed to a merger. The merger, which will create a new company called Domus PLC with a market capitalization of about 1.26 billion in Euro dollars.

Residential Buildings, Residential Building Construction, Residential construction, Beazer Holdings PLC

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Taylor Woodrow will buy Bryant for 871.3 million euros

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Taylor Woodrow PLC announced that it has reached a deal to acquire Bryant Group PLC. Taylor will acquire Bryant for 556 million pounds (871.3 million euros).

Nonbuilding Construction, Highway, Street, Bridge, and Tunnel Construction, HEAVY CONSTRUCTION, EX. BUILDING, Heavy construction, Taylor Woodrow PLC

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