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BG goes hostile in 13-bln-dlr bid for Origin Energy

SYDNEY AFP — Britain's BG Group launched a hostile 13.8-billion-dollar (13.1-billion-US) bid Tuesday for Origin Energy, which if successful would be one of the biggest foreign takeovers of an Australian firm. BG said it would go direct to Origin's shareholders with the 15.50 dollars per share, all-cash offer...

Articles 2008-06-23

Fragile Gaza truce comes into force

GAZA CITY AFP — A fragile truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas came into force in the Gaza Strip on Thursday amid scepticism over how long the Egyptian-brokered deal would hold. The six-month truce is the first since Hamas's bloody takeover of the impoverished territory...

Articles 2008-06-18

Western Prospector Reaffirms Its Position That Shareholders Should Reject Khan Resources' Inadequate Hostile Bid

Western Prospector Group Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: WNP) ("Western") today reaffirmed its advisory to shareholders to reject the inadequate hostile takeover bid from Khan Resources Inc., which expires on June 20, 2008. The Khan bid offers 0.685 of a Khan common share for each Western share, with no cash component. Western's...

Articles 2008-06-17

Failed buyout attempt takes toll on Energy Partners Ltd.

Unacceptable. That's the word used by Energy Partners Ltd. Chairman and CEO Richard Bachmann to describe the company's performance in 2007. "Our operational and financial performance was significantly below our expectations," Bachmann said. "We fully recognize that 2008 is a critical year for us...

Articles 2008-06-16

'Today's Political Climate' Is Topic for Meeting of Journalists

CLEVELAND, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Best-selling author, newspaper columnist and freelancer David Sirota will speak about making a living writing on the current political climate at a noon Monday, June 23, meeting of the Cleveland Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Sirota's most recent book "The...

Articles 2008-06-13

BHP Billiton chief moves to ease competition concerns on Rio bid

SYDNEY AFP — BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto would have only a "modest" share of world iron ore markets if a proposed mega-merger between the resources giants went ahead, BHP chief Marius Kloppers said on Wednesday. As competition regulators in Europe and Australia scrutinise BHP's hostile 147 billion...

Articles 2008-06-11

Australian competition watchdog probes BHP-Rio merger plan

SYDNEY AFP — Australia's competition regulator launched an inquiry Friday into mining giant BHP Billiton's hostile takeover of rival Rio Tinto. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said it had received a submission from BHP that enabled it to commence market inquiries into the proposed deal. ...

Articles 2008-06-05

Builders Insurance Mails Letter to Policyholders

Urges Policyholders to Sign and Return the WHITE Proxy Card to Protect Their Rights from Attempted Hostile Takeover by Home Builders Association of Georgia ATLANTA, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Builders Insurance a Mutual Captive Company today announced that it is commencing the mailing of proxy materials to...

Articles 2008-06-02

Now what becomes of the open market?

An Austro-Hungarian takeover battle is testing the EU's policies on competition and protectionism. Mark Leftly reports from Brussels A $20bn hostile take-over involving oil and gas majors from Austria and Hungary is threatening to wreck the European Union's open-market ideal. This is a bitterly contested plan that...

Articles 2008-06-01

Probe restarts into Austro-Hungarian battle

The European Commission has relaunched its competition investigation into a possible $20bn (10bn) hostile takeover by OMV, the Austrian energy major, of Mol, its Hungarian peer. Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes suspended the investigation on 5 May after OMV had failed to produce enough information on the potential...

Articles 2008-06-01

Porsche in legal challenge to VW's anti-takeover law

Business News IN BRIEF *Porsche stepped up its fight against Germany's Volkswagen Law yesterday, launching a lawsuit in an attempt to bring clarity to the control of Europe's largest car maker. Porsche, with nearly a third of VW's voting rights, said it sued against shareholder rejection of...

Articles 2008-05-28

Take-Two Interactive board again rejects EA bid

SAN FRANCISCO AFP — "Grand Theft Auto" publisher Take-Two Interactive Software fired off a rejection Monday to an extended hostile two-billion-dollar takeover bid from Electronic Arts, calling it "inadequate." The Take-Two board of directors said its advice to shareholders to refuse EA's takeover offer remains unchanged, shortly after...

Articles 2008-05-19

Xstrata launches takeover bid for Australia's Indophil

SYDNEY AFP — Anglo-Swiss resources giant Xstrata launched a 426 million dollar (400 million US) hostile takeover bid for Australian copper miner Indophil Thursday. Indophil immediately rejected the offer, which Xstrata said was aimed at increasing its interest in the Tampakan copper and gold project in the southern...

Articles 2008-05-15

BHP chief cites Rio's oil assetsto support case for takeover

Business News IN BRIEF *The chief executive of BHP Billiton opened up a new front yesterday in his attempt to convince investors of the merits of the 75bn hostile offer for rival Rio Tinto. Rather than directing attacks against Rio's arguments for resistance - the chosen tactic...

Articles 2008-05-08

Yahoo board faces a possible mutiny

SAN FRANCISCO -- After fending off months of threats by Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc.'s directors still will have to fight for their jobs as the company's own irate shareholders plot a mutiny. Spurred by widespread criticism about how Yahoo's board responded to Microsoft's sweetened takeover offer of...

Articles 2008-05-07

Short notice for Yahoo-Microsoft protest vote

Yahoo has given furious shareholders barely a week to organise a protest vote over its rejection of Microsoft's takeover offers, setting a 15 May deadline for putting resolutions to its annual meeting. The tactic - after Yahoo had repeatedly delayed setting a date for the meeting, in order to thwart...

Articles 2008-05-07

Yahoo shares dive after Microsoft abandons bid

NEW YORK AFP — Yahoo shares plummeted Monday as the Internet giant's future became clouded after Microsoft walked away from a bid rather than pursue a hostile takeover. Shares in the Internet pioneer sank 15 percent by the close of trading but remained five dollars above the price...

Articles 2008-05-05

Microsoft takeover deadline for Yahoo expires

SAN FRANCISCO AFP — A Microsoft deadline for Internet service company Yahoo to accept its 44.6-billion-dollar (28.5-billion-euro) acquisition offer expired at midnight Saturday, setting the stage for a hostile takeover bid by the software giant. Neither of the two sides made any comment as the Sunday 0700 GMT...

Articles 2008-04-25

Yahoo earnings could provide leverage

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo, facing a looming deadline from Microsoft and its $43.2 billion hostile takeover bid, on Tuesday said first-quarter earnings more than tripled. The results should embolden Yahoo in its resolve for a sweetened bid from Microsoft or fend off the takeover entirely, financial analysts say....

Articles 2008-04-23