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MOLtdown

6 August 2008 By Fiona Maharg-Bravo

The Austrian oil and gas group has dropped its $23bn bid for Hungary’s MOL after getting a thumbsdown from the EU. OMV shareholders will welcome the end of a long and unwinnable battle. But OMV s record of two failed major deals in as many years looks downright sloppy.

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