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Russia is expected to out-consume even famously beer-loving Germany, becoming the world's third-largest consumer market, towards the end of this decade.There is some evidence that the strategy of emerging-market takeovers is working.
This makes such banks, which control about 40% of the retail market, nearly takeover proof.
Mr. Lyle's latest project, Streetopia, is a legal and more ambitious version of the 949 Market Street takeover.
The news was only technically a "possible" offer, rather than a full-on bid, and means that the official deadline set by the stock market's Takeover Panel, which ended at 5pm yesterday, has now been extended by three weeks.
With the exception of Sir Alex Ferguson, who has been left in peace by the Glazers, though not lavishly indulged in the transfer market, a takeover invariably means a change of manager.
"Popular interest in the stock market, hostile takeover bids, greenmail, these are all normal in other markets, so why not in Paris?" asked a partner at Lazard Freres, the investment bank.
