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London Irish Shares begin Trading on ShareMark

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

London Irish became the first of the 12 Premier Rugby clubs to have its shares admitted to trading on ShareMark today (28th October).
Shares in London Irish Holdings Limited, the holding company of the Premiership rugby club, can be traded on ShareMark, the auction based market designed for small to medium-sized companies from today. Joining [...]

RBS bids for Hilton hotels

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

Royal Bank of Scotland is the favourite to win an auction of 18 hotels put up for sale by Hilton Group, according to a press report.
RBS is in the running alongside three other principal bidders including Host Marriott, Citibank, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers, says the Times.
Hilton wants to sell the hotels through a sale-and-manage-back [...]