Higher yields also raise questions about the viability of the financing for takeover deals.

The takeover deal was estimated at around £50 million.

The total takeover deal was valued at about $750 million.

Crystal Palace are saved from liquidaton by a last minute takeover deal.

Several talks have not yet resulted in a takeover deal.

Brown was central to the original takeover deal in the autumn.

But a rising tide of takeover deals kept the business growing and the risk at bay.

So far, the only serious damage appeared to be to some takeover deals, particularly in the airlines.

For a while it looked as though the club would go out of business, but a takeover deal was soon completed.

The takeover deal was approved yesterday by the boards of both companies.