Little old Betaville got it in the neck last Autumn from various quarters when this website ran an UNCOOKED Alert about the takeover rumours surrounding London-listed insurance giant Aviva.
Below is a link to that story in case you don't remember:
https://www.betaville.co.uk/betaville-intelligence/938yhrz4/ ..
Former FT hack Izabella Kaminska was kind enough to invite little old Betaville back onto her Blind Spot Markets Live show yesterday morning.
It was a bit of gloomy day in the wider market but there were quite a few things to talk about, including a few UNCOOKED rumours. Below is a link to yesterday's transcript in case you missed it:..
I must apologise - it would appear little old Betaville completely missed the fact that The Guardian also followed up last week's UNCOOKED Alert and were kind enough to give this website a mention.
Moreover, The Guardian seems to have spoken to its own proprietary sources and dug out an interesting line, which I have pasted below:
"A City source told the Guardian there had been some discussions with suitors."..
The echo chamber went into overdrive last week, with both the Daily Mail and The Times following up little old Betaville's UNCOOKED Alerts about Aviva.
In case you missed them, below are the links to those reports and little old Betaville's original alert:
https://www.betaville.co.uk/betaville-intelligence/56h57bbz/..
Dominic, "Dom", Walshhas followed up on little old Betaville's UNCOOKED about Aviva earlier this week.
In his market report colum today Dom, a veteran business hack at The Times, writes that "chatter surrounding Aviva refused to die down", suggesting also that an American company may be looking at purchasing the FTSE 100-listed insurance business. Below is a link to Dom's column:..
Betaville notes David Cumming, who manages billions of pounds for investors at Aviva, has just told Dominic O'Connell (another of Betaville's former boss from our on The Sunday Times) of BBC Radio 4 that he won't be investing in Deliveroo as part of its £8.8 billion flotation...