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It's taken almost seven years for Vesuvius to finally confirm little old Betaville's UNCOOKED alert about the takeover rumours surrounding Vesuvius.
Shares in Craneware may have recently taken a pounding but that hasn't stopped Richard the 'Welsh Wizard' Griffiths from continuing to build a sizeable stake in the company.
There may be a tussle between hacks at the Financial Times and rival Dealreporter over who broke the story about BASF's approach for rival chemicals company Evonik.
Hat tip to Oliver "An Englishman in New York" Barnes of the Financial Times for delivering another superb deal scoop.
Oh look - Ashtead Technology Holdings has now confirmed little old Betaville's UNCOOKED Alert about the takeover rumours surrounding the business.
The company name Capri Holdings sends shivers down the spine of many a hedge fund manager.
There appears to be a tussle between deal hacks at the venerable Financial Times and Mark "The Kleinmanator" Kleinman of Sky News over who got the scoop about Warburg Pincus and Clayton Dubilier & Rice's potential £1 billion acquisition of Canaccord's UK wealth division.
Arch rivals at Bloomberg finally got round to following up little old Betaville's UNCOOKED Alert about the Coface takeover rumours.
Anybody else getting fed up with the Qiagen takeover rumour?
Oliver "An Englishman in New York" Barnes is back at it.
It would appear the Czechs are employing the same tactics as the Americans with Chemring.
Bond markets may be causing some jitters among the worrywarts but let's not forget it's still a bull market for dealmaking and equity markets.
Today's announced deal in the London market is being done at a near 75pc premium.
I see SThree PLC has confirmed little old Betaville's RARE Alert about the takeover rumours published from earlier today.
Little old Betaville notes there have been some interesting developments around Xerox Holdings Corporation since this website published a RARE Alert about how a well known British activist investor has built a stake in the US-listed printing products and services company.
A new stake builder has taken a position in Craneware just after Richard the "Welsh Wizard" Griffiths increased his stake in the London-listed healthcare software business to 6pc.
The stake building in Craneware PLC by the former City stockbroker Richard Griffiths continues.