LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United itself set out in plain language the importance of Alex Ferguson when the Premier League soccer club floated on the New York stock exchange last year.

“Any successor to our current manager may not be as successful as our current manager,” United said in the risk factors section of official documents that accompanied the $2.3 billion listing.

LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) – Online gambling company Betfair
raised its profit forecast and cost savings target on
Tuesday, making its case for independence as it tries to stave
off a $1.4 billion takeover by private equity firm CVC Capital
Partners.

Betfair last month rejected a potential offer of 880p per
share from CVC, saying the price was too low and had too many
strings attached. Its shares rose more than two percent to
863.5p after its trading statement, still below the offer price.

LONDON (Reuters) – New sponsorship deals and a successful season on the pitch will help English Premier League football champions Manchester United meet this year’s financial goals, the club said on Thursday.

United, who claim to have more than 650 million followers worldwide, have cashed in on their fame by agreeing sponsorship deals with companies ranging from U.S. car maker General Motors to Japanese marine engineering company Yanmar.

LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) – New sponsorship deals and a successful season on the pitch will help English Premier League soccer champions Manchester United meet this year’s financial goals, the club said on Thursday.

United, who claim to have more than 650 million followers worldwide, have cashed in on their fame by agreeing sponsorship deals with companies ranging from U.S. car maker General Motors to Japanese marine engineering company Yanmar.