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- Microsoft and Yahoo: a Postmortem
- Julie finds out about Baumer going Microsoft for Yahoo.
- Videos 2008-05-07
- Southwest's Bid for Frontier Raised to $170 Million
- Yesterday was the deadline for Southwest and Republic to file their final bids for Frontier, and both airlines have qualified for the auction this week. Southwest ended up bidding much higher than its original forecast, though it's not as simple as the headline appears. by Brett Snyder
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Writing the Perfect Business Pitch | BTalk Australia
- (22min 05) How do you write a pitch that will win the business? On today's BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to Robyn Haydon, the author of "The Shredder Test --- the Australian Guide to Writing Winning Proposals". You'll find the answers to common questions like: ...
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
- Lance Offers $30 Million for Bankrupt Archway/Mother's
- Archway and Mother's Cake and Cookie Company may be resurrected next month if a $30 million bid on the company's assets from Lance, a North Carolina snack company, is accepted. The company abruptly shut down last month and declared bankruptcy. Archway's brands include Circus Animal Cookies, Salerno...
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- McDermott International Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Martin Malloy – Johnson Rice. Martin Malloy – Johnson Rice Congratulations on the quarter. Could you talk a little bit more about the timing of the bidding opportunities, and particular in the Caspian region with respect to J. Ray...
- Earnings calls 2009-08-11
- Kraft Turns Hostile in $16 Billion Bid For Cadbury
- By David Jones and Brad DorfmanLONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc KFT chief Irene Rosenfeld refused to sweeten her $16.2 billion offer for candy maker Cadbury Plc CBRY and took the bid directly to shareholders on Monday, setting the stage for a takeover battle that could last up to three...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Ferrero-Cadbury Bid to Be Friendly-source
- By Paola ArosioMILAN (Reuters UK) - Any bid for confectioner Cadbury CBRY by Italian chocolate maker Ferrero would have to be friendly, an Italian source close to the matter told Reuters on Thursday."You cannot do an operation of this kind unless it's friendly," the source said, speaking on condition of...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Ferrero, Hershey Mull Cadbury Bid, Kraft Seen No.1
- By David Jones and Brad DorfmanLONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Italy's Ferrero and U.S.-based Hershey Co are considering a bid for chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY, but Kraft Foods Inc KFT is still seen as the front-runner with its $16.8 billion hostile offer.Hershey HSY and family-owned Ferrero, the maker of Nutella chocolate spread,...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Kraft Seen as Cadbury Front-runner
- By David Jones and Brad DorfmanLONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters UK) - Italy's Ferrero and U.S.-based Hershey Co are considering a bid for chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY, but Kraft Foods Inc KFT is still seen as the front-runner with its $16.8 billion (10.2 billion pounds) hostile offer.Hershey HSY and family-owned Ferrero, the maker...
- News items 2009-11-18
- Kraft Turns Hostile in Bid For Cadbury
- By David Jones and Brad DorfmanLONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters UK) - Kraft Foods Inc chief Irene Rosenfeld refused to sweeten her $16.2 billion (9.7 billion pounds) offer for candy maker Cadbury Plc and took the bid directly to shareholders on Monday, setting the stage for a takeover battle that could last up...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Will Xstrata Make Another Bid for Lonmin?
- Fat Prophets submits: Whilst walking away from a full bid for the world’s third-biggest platinum miner, Lonmin (LNMIY.PK), at this stage, Xstrata (XSRAF.PK) has simultaneously boosted its stake in the company to 25%, effectively blocking other bidders from gaining control of the company. We fully expect Xstrata to return,...
- External links 2008-10-19
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- BHP Unlikely to Make Fresh Rio Bid
- By Eric OnstadLONDON (Reuters UK) - The chance of BHP Billiton BLT BHP making another attempt to take over rival Rio Tinto RIO RIO soon after a bid ban expires later this month is low, analysts said on Tuesday.BHP, the world's biggest mining company, scrapped its hostile all-share bid for...
- News items 2009-11-17
- Cisco Has Few Choices in Tandberg Bid: Analyst
- Now that Tandberg shareholders have rejected Cisco?s $3 billion bid, the networking giant has to decide whether to up its offer or walk away. Frost & Sullivan analyst Roopam Jain believes the upside of acquiring is too great for Cisco to drop its pursuit, so she expects the company to...
- News items 2009-10-15
- Hershey Mulls $17 Billion Solo Bid For Cadbury: Source
- By Jessica HallPHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co HSY is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY as it seeks to trump a hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.Hershey has lined...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Hershey Mulls £10 Billion Solo Bid For Cadbury - Source
- By Jessica HallPHILADELPHIA (Reuters UK) - U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co HSY is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion (10 billion pounds) for chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY as it seeks to trump a hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Hershey Mulls $17 Billion Solo Bid For Cadbury: Source
- By Jessica HallPHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co HSY is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY as it seeks to trump a hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.Hershey has lined...
- News items 2009-11-20
- A Worst-Case Scenario in the Roche-Genentech Bid
- It’s been nearly a month since Roche bid $44 billion to completely buy out Genentech, which seems like a good point at which to ask whether Roche, if successful, could end up destroying the value it’s seeking to acquire. When the bid was announced, there were immediate...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Boeing Drags Its Heels on Air Force Bid
- Ockham Research submits: The USAF tanker contract bidding process added yet another wrinkle Friday as Boeing BA asked for an extended deadline before it submits a bid to the Department of Defense. As we have posted previously, the contract was originally awarded to Northrop Grumman NOC, but after an...
- External links 2008-08-23
- Cisco Bumps Tandberg Bid to $3.41 Billion
- OSLO/NEW YORK, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc raised its bid for Tandberg ASA 10 percent to 19 billion Norwegian crowns ($3.41 billion), a move widely expected to win over shareholders of the video conferencing company. Cisco said on Monday its new bid of 170 crowns per share has...
- News items 2009-11-16
- Hershey and Ferrero's Cadbury Interest Unlikely to Push Up Kraft Bid
- It's not that I don't think Kraft Foods KFT will ultimately have to raise its offer in its hostile takeover bid for Cadbury CBY. The offer was low when it was floated in September and, thanks to changes in stock prices, the offer was even lower last week when Kraft...
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
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