PRESS DIGEST-Financial Times - November 10
Nov 10 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Headlines
- UniCredit set to seal Commerzbank takeover this month
- Botswana to double De Beers holding to 30%
- Whitbread investors slap down activist Corvex's bid for board seat
- ExxonMobil explores return to Venezuela after calling nation 'uninvestable'
Overview
- Italy's UniCredit CRDI.MI CEO Andrea Orcel said that all the remaining regulatory approvals for UniCredit to take control of Commerzbank CBKG.DE, Germany's second-biggest bank, would come before the end of November, sooner than anticipated.
- Botswana will double its holding in De Beers to 30% under the terms of Anglo American's AAL.L proposed sale of its stake in the diamond producer to a consortium of investors, the country's president said, confirming support for the deal.
- Premier Inn-owner Whitbread WTB.L said its shareholders have voted against major investor Corvex Management's demand to appoint its nominee James Gemmel as a director on the UK-based hotel operator's board.
- ExxonMobil XOM.N said it signed a memorandum of understanding, or a non-binding agreement, to explore potential upstream opportunities in Venezuela with state-owned oil firm PDVSA.