Business News
Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn
BBC News - Business, May 20th, 2013
Yahoo agrees a deal to buy New York-based blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1bn (£723m) in a deal that will value founder David Karp's stake at $275m.
AUDIO: A decade of chip and pin
BBC News - Business, May 20th, 2013
It is a decade since the first person in the UK used a chip and pin card to pay for goods.
AUDIO: BCC: Support UK manufacturing
BBC News - Business, May 20th, 2013
The British Chambers of Commerce say the number of small and medium sized business actively exporting has risen - but there needs to be better support for UK manufacturing.
VIDEO: Wikipedia founder on Yahoo’s Tumblr deal
BBC News - Business, May 20th, 2013
The BBC talks to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr, in a $1.1bn deal.
Actavis agrees Warner Chilcott deal
BBC News - Business, May 20th, 2013
US drugs maker Actavis, itself the subject of bid speculation, agrees to buy Dublin-based rival Warner Chilcott for $8.5bn (£5.6bn) including debt.
Company Profile
| Name: | Carillion plc | ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Address: | Birch Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 4HY, UK | |
| Website: | www.carillionplc.com | |
| Sector: | Capital Goods | |
| Industry: | Building materials & building industry | |
| Summary: | Carillion plc provides a range of integrated solutions for infrastructure, buildings and services. It has three segments. Support Services include rail infrastructure, roads maintenance, facilities management and other support services. Construction Services include United Kingdom building, development and civil engineering activities and international regional construction services. Public Private Partnership projects consists of equity returns on investments in public private partnership projects. It has international regional businesses in the Middle East, Canada and the Caribbean. Its businesses in the Middle East provides construction and facilities management services for developments in Dubai and Oman. In Canada, the Company operates in Public Private Partnership hospital projects and in road maintenance. In the Caribbean, it offers building and civil engineering. In October 2007, it sold Pall Mall Holdings and Sovereign Soft Services Limited to Resource (NI) Limited. | |
Company Information
| 254.70 | Open: | 251.90 | High: | 255.85 | Mkt Cap: | 1.08B | Ex-Div: | 15/05/13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid: | 254.50 | Low: | 251.10 | P/E: | 11.51 | Shares: | 430.25M | |
3.50 (1.39%) |
Ask: | 254.90 | 52Wk High: | 334.00 | EPS: | 33.40 | Last Trade: | 254.20 |
| Delayed: 16:35 BST | Vol: | 1.66M | 52Wk Low: | 232.17 |
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