VOL. XXXIII

NO. 19

12-FEBRUARY-1990

Financial and Banking News

Investment Activities

Saudi Group Makes Hostile Bid for UK Company

The Jameel Group of Saudi Arabia, which holds the agency for Toyota cars andcontrols 40% of the new car market in the Kingdom as well as running consumercredit and construction divisions, is in the midst of an acrimonious hostilebid for Hartwell, a British car distributorship based in Oxford. Jameel firstbought into Hartwell in 1987, when it acquired a disclosable stake...