Britain's traditionally anti-EU media have blamed Brussels for preventing London from taking greater steps to protect the industry.
The deal did not include the FT Group's 50 per cent stake in The Economist magazine.
Since 2000, China has had the world's largest outflow of HNIs.
"Pfizer's proposal would dramatically dilute AstraZeneca shareholders' exposure to our unique pipeline and would create risks around its delivery," Chairman Leif Johansson said.
The company has $2 billion tax dispute with the income tax department.
The move to sell the jewel in Vodafone's crown closes a heady expansionist chapter for one of Britain's most famous companies
The Guardian reported that accounts filed in Dublin showed that in 2009 Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs settled a dispute with the British telecoms provider over its Irish tax returns.
Spamhaus, a London and Geneva-based non-profit group which helps weed out unsolicited "spam" messages for email providers, has been subjected to cyber attacks on an unprecedented scale for more than a week.
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