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M & A Wed Aug 27, 2008 @ 9:02am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BEDFORD, Mass., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GSI Group Inc. (Nasdaq: GSIG - News) today announced successful completion of the tender offer by its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Eagle Acquisition Corporation (EAC) for all outstanding shares of comm.. Read More

M & A Tue Aug 26, 2008 @ 6:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Greenfield Online Inc., which provides marketing companies with Internet surveys, said Tuesday a $17.50-per-share cash takeover offer from an undisclosed firm is superior to a previous bid from private investment firm Quadrangle Group LLC.. Read More

M & A Tue Aug 26, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Greenfield Online Inc., which provides marketing companies with Internet surveys, rose sharply Tuesday after the company called a $17.50-per-share cash takeover offer from an undisclosed suitor superior to a previous bid from pr.. Read More

M & A Sat Aug 23, 2008 @ 9:06am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smith International, Inc. (“Smith”) (NYSE:SII - News) today reported the final tabulated results of the W-H Energy Services, Inc. (“W-H”) exchange offer and the related proration calculations. The exchange offer expired a.. Read More

M & A Sat Aug 23, 2008 @ 9:06am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- A buyout offer from King Pharmaceuticals for fellow drug maker Alpharma resuscitated pharmaceutical ETFs at the end of an otherwise dull week of trading. Alpharma (NYSE:ALO - News)shares gapped up 10.47, or 44%, to 34.51 in monstrous volume. The pain dru.. Read More

M & A Fri Aug 22, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The India Fund, Inc. (NYSE: IFN; the “Fund”) announced today that the Fund’s semi-annual repurchase offer will commence today and terminate on September 12, 2008. In April 2003, stockholders of the Fund voted to adopt an i.. Read More

M & A Fri Aug 22, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- King Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday that rival Alpharma Inc. has rejected a $1.4 billion buyout offer but indicated it is prepared to take the bid directly to shareholders in a move to expand its product offerings. The Bristol, Tenn.-b.. Read More

M & A Thu Aug 21, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Auto parts maker Continental AG said Thursday it had ended a weeks-long standoff over a takeover bid from smaller rival as its suitor Schaeffler KG raised its offer and agreed to limit itself to a minority stake for four years... Read More

M & A Wed Aug 20, 2008 @ 6:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- As expected, the Federal Trade Commission has cleared video game company Electronic Arts Inc.'s offer to buy "Grand Theft Auto" publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. EA had let a $2 billion tender offer for its smaller rival expir.. Read More

M & A Wed Aug 20, 2008 @ 3:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. said Wednesday it has received an unsolicited offer from the venture capital firm that owns rival security company SafeNet Inc. Aladdin did not release terms of the offer from Vector Capital, saying it was.. Read More

M & A Tue Aug 19, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- LONDON (AP) -- British mortgage lender Alliance & Leicester urged shareholders on Tuesday to accept a $2.4 billion takeover offer from Spain's Banco Santander as the best protection for their investment amid extreme financial market turbulence and the det.. Read More

M & A Mon Aug 18, 2008 @ 3:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Munich Re America Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which was formerly known as American Re Corporation, today announced the expiration of its previously announced cash tender offer (the "Tender.. Read More

M & A Mon Aug 18, 2008 @ 3:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) -- Nuance Communications Inc., which makes speech recognition software, slammed Zi Corp.'s management Monday for rebuffing its $40.4 million unsolicited takeover offer, calling the decision by Zi's board "perplexing and inappropriat.. Read More

M & A Sat Aug 16, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- Software maker Zi Corp. confirmed Friday it has received an unsolicited takeover offer from Nuance Communications Inc., but didn't indicate whether it would accept the proposal. Less than 24 hours after Nuance announced its bid, Calgary, Alberta-based Zi.. Read More

M & A Thu Aug 14, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - ImClone Systems Inc (NasdaqGS:IMCL - News) has hired JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM - News) to help it weigh a takeover offer from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (NYSE:BMY - News) or a possible break-up of the biotechnology company, sour.. Read More

M & A Thu Aug 14, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- World Television to Acquire Certain Assets NEW YORK, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medialink Worldwide Incorporated (Nasdaq: MDLK - News) announced today that the Company's board of directors has approved an offer from World Television Group plc to a.. Read More

M & A Wed Aug 13, 2008 @ 6:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Skechers USA Inc. raised its once-rebuffed buyout offer for Heelys Inc. on Wednesday as the popular sneaker company tried to acquire the maker of wheeled shoes for children. Skechers offered to acquire Heelys for $5.25 per.. Read More

M & A Wed Aug 13, 2008 @ 3:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BASINGSTOKE, England and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, August 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire Limited (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that since July 3, 2008 it has acquired 81% of the shares in Jerini AG th.. Read More

M & A Wed Aug 13, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Biotechnology giant Genentech Inc. rejected a $43.7 billion buyout offer from its majority owner Roche on Wednesday but said it is open to a higher takeover bid. The rejection comes nearly a month after Swiss drug developer Roche offered.. Read More

M & A Tue Aug 12, 2008 @ 9:02am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IAC (Nasdaq: IACI - News) announced today, in connection with its previously announced cash tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 7% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "Notes") (CUSIP Nos. 902984AD5 & 902984AC.. Read More