The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Friday:** Britain's Vodafone Group Plc agreed to purchase a 73 percent stake in Greece's broadband and fixed-line telephony provider Hellas Online for 73 million euros ($97 million), to help it better compete in a highly competitive market. Vodafone had bought an 18.5 percent stake in the company in 2009.
Vodafone Group Plc (Vodafone), is a mobile communications company. Shares of VOD traded higher by 1.43% or $0.479/share to $33.98. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $29.58 and as high as $42.14. On average, 5440210 shares of VOD exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 560967.
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