Thursday, July 10, 2008

More news about space star

Pets At Home considers sale or IPO next year (Financial Times)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:47:13 PDT
Pets At Home, the national pet shop chain, is considering a sale or initial public offering next year. Bridgepoint, the private equity owner since 2004, is believed to be seeking a price of about £650m ($1.4bn) for the business, which has enjoyed fast growth in the past three years.

UK: Fighting two separate wars takes Army to breaking point

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:37:48 PDT
The Government faces a dilemma. For political reasons it is impossible for ministers to revert to the original plan to reduce the troops in Iraq from 4,000 to 2,500 this year; and in Afghanistan the figures have been rising steadily, from 3,300 in 2006 to 7,800 today and more than 8,000 by the end of the year.

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