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  • On March 17 1998 the UK budget was unveiled following extensive consultation with corporate taxpayers. Freshfields’ International Tax Group examines how the budget will affect transfer pricing, controlled foreign companies and double tax relief
  • A meeting of Ecofin ministers held in March this year to discuss the post-monetary union financial environment will provide reports on the extent, degree and nature of cooperation between European finance ministers on tax policy.
  • Doublecapital, a joint venture formed by Advent Group and EMI, has agreed to buy Waterstones, the UK bookstore group owned by WH Smith. The deal is valued at £300 million ($490 million).
  • US automobile parts manufacturer, SPX Corporation, has made a $3 billion cash bid for competitor, Echlin.
  • Aetna, the US financial services provider, has made an agreed $1.05 billion offer to take over NYL Health Plans, the health insurance subsidiary of New York Life Insurance.
  • Texas Utilities has made a $7.18 billion offer to buy the UK Energy Group. The offer tops an earlier bid by the US group, and also a $7 billion bid from US rival PacifiCorp.
  • US banks Golden State Bancorp and First Nationwide Holdings, have announced a $2.5 billion merger. The transaction will create the third-largest savings and loan in the US
  • QWest Communications has made an agreed $4.4 billion bid to buy LCI International, a US long-distance telephone operator.
  • Time Warner and Boston Ventures have agreed to sell their interests in Six Flags, a US theme park group, to Premier Parks. Premier is paying $965 million to acquire 12 parks and licensing rights.
  • UK industrial conglomerate BTR, has agreed to sell its worldwide glass and plastics packaging business to Owens-Illinois, the leading manufacturer of glass containers in the US. The deal is worth $3.6 billion.