Graeme Brown B’ham Post 23 Nov 09

The largest shareholder in ailing National Express has upped its stake in the struggling firm for the second time in less than a week. The latest swoop saw deputy chairman Jorge Cosmen buy 750,000 shares for £2.7 million, taking the Spanish family’s share in the business to just under 19.5 per cent…

• B’ham Post 13 Nov National Express relinquishes East Coast Main Line
• B’ham Post 11 Nov National Express launches £360 million rights issue
• B'ham Post 3 Nov Cosmen eyeing merger talks with Stagecoach
• B'ham Post 2 Nov Cosmen Family set to quit National Express board
• B'ham Post 30 Oct National Express under fire from major shareholder
• B'ham Post 29 Oct National Express rejects Stagecoach takeover offer
• B'ham Post 26 Oct National Express shares leap 10%
• B'ham Post 22 Oct National Express issues profits warning
• B'ham post 19 Oct Stagecoach makes merger offer to National Express
• Times 19 Oct National Express 'did not invite' Stagecoach deal
• B'ham Post 19 Oct Stagecoach & First Group mulling offers
• B'ham Post 16 Oct National Express takeover offer withdrawn by Cosmen family
• B'ham Post 1 Oct Nat Express sells Digbeth coach station
• B'ham Post 25 Sep Cosmen given extra 3 weeks
• B'ham Post 23 Sep Cosmen family pledge over National Express rights issue
• B'ham Post 11 Sep National Express in talks over £765m takeover deal
• B'ham Post 7 Sep Stagecoach to pay DfT £100m to smooth National Express rail purchase
• Telegraph 5 Sep Stagecoach to pay Gov't £100m
• B'ham Post 4 Sep Cosmen: 'third & final' offer of £765m for NE
• Times 29 Aug Stagecoach ponders late bid for National Express
• Telegraph 28 Aug NE bullish as it rejects Cosmen offer
• B'ham Post 28 Aug National Express consider £690m bid
• B'ham Post 27 Aug NE receives £700m Cosmen bid
• Guardian 24 Jul Cosmen family: driving ambition
• Times 9 Jul Cosmens: Ambitious Spanish dynasty
• B'ham Post 6 Aug NE bidders given deadline
• B'ham Post 4 Aug NE chairman in survival pledge
• B'ham Post 3 Aug NE tight-lipped over £350m rights issue
• B'ham Post 31 Jul Operating profits fall for NE coaches
• B'ham Post 30 Jul NE reports losses of nearly £50m
• B'ham Post 27 Jul MPs demand NE stripped of franchises
• Mercury 27 Jul Rail passengers 'taken for granted'
• B'ham Post 15 Jul National Express ‘ripped off’ taxpayer
• B'ham Post 16 Jul Better rail services key to WN economy
• B'ham Post 2 Jul National Express rail failure was inevitable
• BBC News 1 Jul Nat Express East Coast to be state-run
• B'ham Post 1 Jul National Express chief quits
• Pig Blog 1 Jul Nationalise the lot?
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• B’ham Post 11 Nov 09 Transport news National Express launches £360 million rights issue
• B'ham Post 2 Nov 09 Transport news Cosmen Family set to quit National Express board
• B'ham Post 30 Oct 09 Transport news National Express under fire from major shareholder
• B'ham Post 29 Oct 09 Transport news National Express rejects Stagecoach takeover offer
• B'ham Post 26 Oct 09 Business news National Express shares leap 10%
• PA/B'ham Post 19 Oct 09 Transport News National Express takeover offer withdrawn by Cosmen family
• Birmingham Post 7 Sep 09 Transport news Stagecoach to pay DfT £100m to smooth National Express rail purchase
• Times 29 Aug 09 Transport news Stagecoach ponders late bid for National Express
• Birmingham Post 28 Aug 09 Business news National Express consider £690m bid
• Birmingham Post 27 Aug 09 Business news National Express receives £700m takeover offer from Cosmen family

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