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Re: Coca-Cola to buy Costa Coffee for £3.9bn
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
My original post could have been better.
British companies have been acquired in the past by overseas companies (and vice versa) but to see two large companies acquired in this time frame (Costa £3.9bn, Arm Holdings £24.3bn) is a significant shift.
Mr K has covered how a weak £ makes UK companies more attractive takeover targets.
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Its not a significant shift Andrew as for many decades it has been happening as my point is would the countries mentioned in a previous post by me let it happen to their major companies and the answer is no.
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