FILE - In this Monday, April 7, 2014 file photo, a flag bearing the company logo of Royal Dutch Shell, an Anglo-Dutch oil and gas company, flies outside the head office in The Hague, Netherlands.

LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc's agreed $70 billion takeover of rival BG Group could trigger pre-emption rights in key oil and gas fields that would erode the potential benefits of the deal ...

UK giant BG Group has reached a £47 billion ($69.7 billion) agreement over the terms of a takeover offer by Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell. Shell is offering BG shareholders £3.83 in cash and 0.4454 ...

Shell is paying a hefty price, as the 52% premium puts a price tag of $70 billion on BG Group. That's far more than analysts had expected yesterday when many saw a potential deal settling in the ...

SHELL’S acquisition of BG Group is set to go ahead on 15 February after both sets of shareholders gave their approval last week. Analysts said the strategic drivers for Shell’s acquisition of its ...

Royal Dutch Shell’s $70 billion purchase of Britain’s BG Group will make the energy giant the biggest global producer of liquefied natural gas, a fast-growing market expected to boom as developing ...

For more than a year, Royal Dutch Shell has been touting the benefits that the acquisition of BG Group would bring to the combined company. This quarter, when it got to show off how great this pairing ...

From a regulatory standpoint, there is some risk that a deal of this size could run into hurdles, as evidenced by BG’s shares currently trading roughly 14% below the implied price of Shell’s offer. As ...

The increasing anxiety over job losses stemming from mergers cannot be brushed off. By John Foley The largest oil company in Europe reported profit of $484 million, compared with $4.4 billion in the ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy British gas producer BG Group for $69.7 billion in a cash and stock takeover, the companies announced today. The move gives oil giant Shell ...