FRANKFURT, March 10 (Reuters) - Ratiopharm owner Ludwig Merckle has turned down offers for drugs distributor Phoenix, as he struggles to retain control over his late father's diminished business ...

German industrial heir Ludwig Merckle is more confident he may not need to sell drugs distributor Phoenix after cashing in shares in HeidelbergCement, two people familiar with his plans told Reuters.

The losses, which according to one banking source amounted to 400 million euros ($507.4 million), fuelled speculation that the industrialist could sell generic drug company Ratiopharm or part of his ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The break-up of Adolf Merckle’s business empire began on Wednesday when Ratiopharm, the generics drugs maker, ...

Mr. Ludwig Merckle, Ulm, Germany, has notified us pursuant to Art. 21, 22 German Securities Trading Act of the following: "Hereby I notify you that on 30 June 2009 my stake went below the threshold of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On what would have been Adolf Merckle’s 76th birthday, his seemingly doomed industrial empire has made a ...

FRANKFURT, Nov 20 (Reuters) - VEM Vermoegensverwaltung, the investment vehicle of German industrialist Adolf Merckle, obtained a moratorium from about 30 banks, giving it two weeks to overhaul its ...

Company being sold by Merckle family 'is well positioned operationally', statement says Zurich/Frankfurt: Ratiopharm GmbH, the German drugmaker being sold by the Merckle family, beat its own forecast ...