Linde’s £8.2bn buy may mark end of volatile spell for gases - [Sunday Herald]

Linde’s £8.2bn buy may mark end of volatile spell for gases - [Sunday Herald]: "LINDE’S takeover of industrial gases rival BOC would have made more sense if the deal had been reversed, according to analysts. Germany’s Linde has stretched its borrowing so far that it may have to increase its planned rights issue later this year to pay for the highly leveraged deal, one analyst warned."