Royal Dutch Shell and BG Group in $70bn takeover offer

The oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy gas and oil exploration company BG Group in a deal which could create a company worth nearly 300 billion dollars…

BG Group's shared opened up 42 per cent higher on the London Stock Exchange.

Our correspondent Dan Whitehead reports…

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