Invensys Share Discussion Threads

[hobby2] 10/9/2010 09:04

........ABB are most probably giving consideration...... market been given notice......

[hobby2] 10/9/2010 08:56

ABB CEO Looks For Acquisitions; No Plans To Buy "Third Leg"

ZURICH (Dow Jones)--ABB Ltd. (ABB) continues to look for acquisitions, but has no plans to expand into a new business field, Chief Executive Joe Hogan said at an investor event Friday.

"Don't expect us to buy a 'third leg'--we won't move into the medical business," Hogan said.

The Swiss company's two main arms provide power and automation services.

[donkeystone] 08/9/2010 15:20

Martin Luther Badwood

I have a dream too

As ever

£4.40

ttfn

ps If you're gonna have a war may as well have a gigantic one!!

[badwood] 08/9/2010 15:01

Finally, after years of trying to decode the missives of Donkey I finally understand what the great sage doth mean. A bidding war for Invensys so gigantic that it will raise the Invensys share price above its plimsoll line thus swamping our bank accounts with wonger. Glory be to the Donkey.

I have a dream that one day even the Invensys share price, a value suppressed with the weight of recession, suppressed with the weight of the pension deficit, will be transformed into an oasis of growth and pension surplus.

I have a dream that my hundred thousand little Invensys shares will one day inhabit a stockmarket where they will not be judged by their pension fund but by the content of their order book.

Now where is that carrot.

[arja] 08/9/2010 11:19

sprung to life !

[hobby2] 08/9/2010 09:16

........served its purpose!

[dp9115] 08/9/2010 08:29

5:1 SELLING:BUYING ratio so far this morning, normal service has resumed.

As yet, not even a takeover rumour can help here.

[arja] 08/9/2010 08:16

slow start and maybe just a pause for breath after yesterday's sterling performance !

[hobby2] 08/9/2010 07:38

ENGINEER Invensys topped the blue chip gainers board ­yesterday, rising more than 7 per cent as investors piled in on talk of overseas bid interest.

Swiss industrials group ABB, which has cash to spend but missed out to US rival Emerson in its recent bid to buy UK power systems supplier Chloride, was flagged up as a likely buyer.

It has also been linked with temporary power group Aggreko. ABB, however, face competition from the likes of Siemens.

The bid rumour was timely for Invensys, up 18½p to 269¼p, as it looked to have secured its top flight survival at today's quarterly index reshuffle.

[hobby2] 07/9/2010 17:58

.....yes we remain in the club...........however this could be the end of the road finally!

[stevi111] 07/9/2010 16:54

but I reckon that should keep us in the FTSE ?

........FOR NOW !!!!! Theres always next time !

[donkeystone] 07/9/2010 16:49

So that's about £150m plus on the co value today. Not that I'm over bothered but I reckon that should keep us in the ftse?

As ever

£4.40

ttfn

[arja] 07/9/2010 16:00

dp9115,
thanks for the comment . now 22million shares traded !

[donkeystone] 07/9/2010 14:34

350

Bah Bah Humbug

As ever

£4.40

ttfn

[hobby2] 07/9/2010 14:32

Is a predator circling Invensys?

The engineering group was London's best-performing blue chip today amid whispers that a 350p-a-share bid could be on the horizon.

The most likely suitors are General Electric and Swiss industrial giant ABB, which this summer was pipped to Chloride by Emerson Electric.

Invensys's shares climbed 10.4p to 261p, with 6 million shares changing hands by noon, more than would usually trade in a day.

Today's rise could spare the company relegation from the FTSE 100 at this month's reshuffle, decided on tonight's closing prices.

[dp9115] 07/9/2010 13:16

bid rumours apparently.... like there have been on and off over the last few years.
Every dog has its day.

[arja] 07/9/2010 11:21

just noticed this stock which is up today on a bad day in market . chart looks good short term . Any reason for the optimism ? Any comment much appreciated or is it just the large potential order referred to by hobby2?

[hobby2] 07/9/2010 09:58

.....well its on the move now dp

[hobby2] 07/9/2010 09:22

.......best be safe then sorry dp............

[dp9115] 07/9/2010 09:08

seatbelt still unbuckled...

[hobby2] 07/9/2010 08:32

....well ....Ulf mentions the biggest potential order for years and takeover talk abound and up we go!!!

[hobby2] 06/9/2010 23:16

Invensys boosted by bid talk.
Published: 9:15PM BST 06 Sep 2010

Invensys may fall out of the FTSE 100 following this week's reshuffle but some sources reckon the company is a takeover target.

The shares have fallen significant in recent months, meaning potential acquirers are likely to be running their "slide rule" over the business.

According to market sources, possible acquirers include Swiss industrial conglomerate ABB, GE or Emerson Electric. Siemens has also been tipped likely bidder as it is likely to have an interest Invensys's rail division. Invensys rose 3.9 to 250.6p

[hobby2] 06/9/2010 21:03

....on last years nuclear deal this could amount to circa $500m