Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
More than five months after Microsoft launched its unsolicited bid to acquire Yahoo, the high-stakes corporate saga has delivered enough plot twists to fill a novel. And it's not over yet, with reports last week that Microsoft is trying, again, to strike a deal for Yahoo's search business.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Australia's Origin urges shareholders to reject a 13.8bn Australian dollar takeover bid from UK rival BG Group.
ziomal.biz (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Australia's Origin urges shareholders to reject a 13.8bn Australian dollar takeover bid from UK rival BG Group.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Origin Energy Ltd. [s; au:org], Australia's largest coal seam gas producer, said Friday it board will recommend shareholders reject BG Group's A$13.8 billion takeover bid ($13.3 billion), saying the offer does not adequately reflect the company's assets and business prospects. In June Britain's BG brought forward an A$15.50-per share hostile takeover bid, the...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Former chairman Freddy Shepherd had already fought off a series of potential takeover bids when Ashley made his move last summer, eventually securing a £134.4m takeover.
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Former chairman Freddy Shepherd had already fought off a series of potential takeover bids when Ashley made his move last summer, eventually securing a £134.4m takeover.
Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
(Telecompaper) UK pay-TV provider BSkyB is considering a takeover bid of over EUR 2.5 billion for its Spanish counterpart Digital+, reports the Financial Times. Spanish media group Prisa has put up for sale the pay-TV platform, which has caught the eye of News Corp, the controlling shareholder in BSkyB. However News Corp is also German pay-TV group Premiere, sparking a debate at the company...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Origin Energy Ltd., Australia's second largest power retailer, rejected a $13 billion takeover bid Friday from British natural gas producer BG Group. BG Group last month launched a hostile bid of 15.50 Australian dollars per Origin share, almost four weeks...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Origin Energy Ltd., Australia's second largest power retailer, rejected a $13 billion takeover bid Friday from British natural gas producer BG Group.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Origin Energy Ltd., Australia's second largest power retailer, rejected a $13 billion takeover bid Friday from British natural gas producer BG Group.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Global mining company BHP Billiton Ltd. said yesterday that U.S. antitrust regulators had granted partial approval for its $170-billion (U.S.) hostile takeover bid for rival Rio Tinto PLC. Billiton, the world's largest mining company, said the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission had ended the antitrust waiting period, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, on the proposed...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Origin Energy Ltd., Australia's second largest power retailer, rejected a $13 billion takeover bid Friday from British natural gas producer BG Group.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
"It is the board's belief that accelerating the monetization of Origin's CSG reserves through a formal process of inviting proposals from suitable qualified and experienced parties will enable Origin to test the value of its CSG assets through a competitive process," McCann said in the statement.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Origin Energy Ltd., Australia's second largest power retailer, rejected a $13 billion takeover bid Friday from British natural gas producer BG Group.
The Street (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Synopsys stands to gain from Cadence's hostile bid for Mentor.
