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Sunday Papers: Jimmy Choo may change hands for £500m - bid news and gossip

Owners have been sounding out investment banks about "strategic options."

The Sunday Telegraph

* Jimmy Choo, the fashionistas' favourite shoemaker, could be about to change hands for up to £500m; the owners have been sounding out investment banks about "strategic options".

* Charles Dunstone, the multi-millionaire Carphone Warehouse founder, has joined the board of Jensen International Automotive after investing in the company.

* Jobs are under threat at P&O after the ferry operator warned that a price war by Eurotunnel on its key short sea routes would force sweeping cost cuts within the business.

* EDF Energy will bank windfall profits of an estimated £350m a year at the expense of British customers, when the Government introduces a new green tax.

* Serco, the outsourcing giant, and Circle, Europe's largest partnership of healthcare workers, are going head-to-head in a bid to become the first private company to run an NHS hospital.

The Observer

* Minerva has been canvassing fellow investors to gather support for a third attempt to oust the group's chairman and chief executive.

* Vodafone's Indian partner Essar in talks with banks over potential flotation; Essar has option to sell its 33% stake to Vodafone for £3.1bn; Vodafone to appeal against $2.6bn in tax claim.

The Independent on Sunday

* Mark Hurd quits Hewlett-Packard after expenses scandal – and gets $12m payout.

* Geronimo seeks review of business as prelude to £30m sale of boutique pubs; Penta Capital, the private equity owner of the boutique pub company, has asked PwC to look at a range of options.

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