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M & A Mon Aug 18, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- LONDON (AP) -- British retailer Woolworths Group PLC's share price shot up as much as 23 percent on Monday, after it rejected an offer from Iceland Foods Ltd. for its retail division. The chain of stores -- which sell goods including electrical appliance.. Read More

M & A Fri Jul 4, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Origin Energy Ltd., Australia's second largest power retailer, rejected a 13.7 billion Australian dollar ($13 billion) takeover bid Friday from British natural gas producer BG Group. BG Group last month launched a hostile bid.. Read More

M & A Fri Jul 4, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- 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.. Read More

M & A Mon May 12, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- LONDON (AP) -- Shares in Chloride Group PLC, Europe's largest maker of backup power supplies, soared 35 percent after the company rejected a preliminary $1.3 billion takeover approach from U.S.-based rival Emerson Electric Co. Britain's Chloride, which s.. Read More

M & A Wed Feb 6, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Rio Tinto rejected a sweetened formal offer from mining rival BHP Billiton on Wednesday, saying the all-share offer worth $147.4 billion still did not reflect the value of the company and its prospects for expansion. Rio Tinto,.. Read More

M & A Fri Oct 19, 2007 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- LONDON (AP) -- British insurer Resolution PLC rejected a sweetened takeover offer on Friday from rival Pearl Group Ltd., which is still attempting to gatecrash Resolution's proposed acquisition of Friends Provident PLC. Pearl, which has increased its sta.. Read More