Unilever Stock market indignities

For a company that takes itself as seriously as Unilever, there can be no greater indignity than to find itself the subject of private equity bid rumours. The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant is a pillar of the European business establishment and, with a market value of E45bn, is surely too big to indulge wild stock market fantasies. Well, Unilever may be just a bit too big for private equity at the moment. But there’s no mistaking the glint in private equity dealmakers’ eyes whenever Unilever’s...