Trinity Mirror has confirmed it is in talks about a takeover of regional newspaper group Local World.
With local health and education services hit by austerity programmes, the regional government's effective takeover of Valencia and its squad of highly paid soccer players has provoked fury.
Regional banks have become takeover targets as strong national institutions seem to expand their deposit bases in the wake of the subprime loan crisis.
And unless you expect a wave of takeovers of regional banks at big premiums, follow North Fork out the door and sell them.
So, on Dec. 4, 1992, the Office of Thrift Supervision seized Carteret, even though regional regulators recommended against a takeover.
Before the opportunity to buy Bear arose, JPMorgan had been widely believed to have sought a takeover of a regional bank.
The proposed Severstal merger is a "reverse takeover by a regional operator," according to Mr Mittal.Last week antitrust lawyers filed two sets of documents to get the merger approved by the European Commission in Brussels.
The applications represent the culmination of a $3 billion effort to upgrade services and link competitors to the network that Qwest acquired in its takeover of the regional Bell company U S West in 2000.
Trinity Mirror has promoted Maria McGeoghan to the role of editor of the Manchester Evening News, a day after formally completing the £7.4m deal to takeover Guardian Media Group's regional media business.
