NTL bought out

[Escapee]

Originally Posted by Chris T

Not forgetting of course that both Centrica and NTL are publicly listed companies and financial dealings of that kind have to be announced publicly. If they had been holding unofficial talks and so much as a squeak of it got out, it would have influenced the share price of one or both companies and the repective stock markets would have instructed them to make a statement.

None of this has happened, ergo this rumour is just baseless gossip.

Oh, and I've edited the thread title. Bad grammar sets my teeth on edge.

Firstly I am not taking any notice of idle gossip here!

I just wanted to point out as a side issue, that I worked for a publicly listed company that was bought by another publicly listed company. I like many other employees could tell you we found out when an employee read it as an announcement on Teletext during the working day!

I remember one of the local managers phoning the regional manager who knew nothing about it, in turn he phoned the general manager who knew nothing, he phoned a director and the director firstly denied it but then phoned back to confirm it as fact.

I am not trying to put any fuel on the fire of any silly claims in this thread, but just pointing out that employees, even senior managers can be some of the last people to know especially in quite large companies when such a deal is underway.

[ian@huth]

This thread has just been a smoke screen to hide the true identity of the buyer of NTL. The new owner is keeping the name NTL which is now short for Nizza Telecommunications Limited. Mr Crayne, the new CEO, is reported to have said that he just had to buy the company because of its excellent track record with industry leading products backed by a really impressive customer services operation.

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by ianathuth

This thread has just been a smoke screen to hide the true identity of the buyer of NTL. The new owner is keeping the name NTL which is now short for Nizza Telecommunications Limited. Mr Crayne, the new CEO, is reported to have said that he just had to buy the company because of its excellent track record with industry leading products backed by a really impressive customer services operation.

[Chrysalis]

well it looks like I am wrong, but I dont like been accused of deliberatly making stuff up, I posted what I thought was right with the intention of simply sharing information, I will try and get my sister to find out more about what she was told, but she isn't back at work yet due to a illness.

Also to add I nether hate or love NTL, I will slag NTL off when I feel they deserve it and pat them on the back when I feel they deserve it, this posting was neither it was just passing on news which turned out to be inaccurate.

Originally Posted by Escapee

Firstly I am not taking any notice of idle gossip here!

I just wanted to point out as a side issue, that I worked for a publicly listed company that was bought by another publicly listed company. I like many other employees could tell you we found out when an employee read it as an announcement on Teletext during the working day!

I remember one of the local managers phoning the regional manager who knew nothing about it, in turn he phoned the general manager who knew nothing, he phoned a director and the director firstly denied it but then phoned back to confirm it as fact.

I am not trying to put any fuel on the fire of any silly claims in this thread, but just pointing out that employees, even senior managers can be some of the last people to know especially in quite large companies when such a deal is underway.

It was very much the same when I (well, my employer) got bought out five years ago. This actually serves to illustrate the point I was making. Dealings of this kind, where one or both parties are listed, must of necessity be top secret until they are announced officially. And when they are announced officially, that announcement has to be made to the stock exchange. It's the law, pure and simple. I work in employee communications so I'm aware that teletext, radio, whatever can often be the place the staff eventually find out, but this is simply because once the initial announcement is made in the City, or Wall Street, or wherever, the mass media often gets the message out faster than a company's in-house communications team can.

Originally Posted by ianathuth

This thread has just been a smoke screen to hide the true identity of the buyer of NTL. The new owner is keeping the name NTL which is now short for Nizza Telecommunications Limited. Mr Crayne, the new CEO, is reported to have said that he just had to buy the company because of its excellent track record with industry leading products backed by a really impressive customer services operation.

You are quite right, Neil C was the first to "out" NTL, the way back machine kept a record of it:

NTL are gay

(Forget the cow, look at the page title)

[Graham M]

LoL well spotted, nice first post

[Neil]

Originally Posted by ANNIE CRYEL

You are quite right, Neil C was the first to "out" NTL, the way back machine kept a record of it:

NTL are gay

(Forget the cow, look at the page title)

Very funny....

Why have you registered here with a username that is an anagram of my name?-Was it just to comment on the 'ntl are gay' note? (I doubt it somehow)

I smell a troll here people......

Originally Posted by Neil

Very funny....

Why have you registered here with a username that is an anagram of my name?-Was it just to comment on the 'ntl are gay' note? (I doubt it somehow)

I smell a troll here people......

Someone with no life obviously Neil, how many anagrams has this immature person done now of different names to provoke you, how originally unfunny, how stupid... How much deleted? Answer: Very much deleted! Now stay away Miss Idiot, thats a good boy.

[Tristan]

Hey Craig, how's it going?

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Tristan

Hey Craig, how's it going?

He's obviously got nothing better to do.

Saying that I'm surprised Townys not here! Must be slipping!

Originally Posted by dellwear

Saying that I'm surprised Townys not here! Must be slipping!

at 1:30am - i would think he's sleeping

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Paul M

at 1:30am - i would think he's sleeping

Normally the smell of a troll can wake him at 100 yards

[daxx]

Told you, the weathwers too warm for the time of year and all the 'under bridgers' are coming out of hibernation a bit early. Someone slap the poikilothermic thing back in the freezer till May and get it's cycles back in sync

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by Chris T

Oh, and I've edited the thread title. Bad grammar sets my teeth on edge.

Man, your teeth must really hurt some days then Was it the recent tidal wave that flushed this latest bridge dweller out into the open??