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M & A Fri Sep 5, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina's nationalization of a struggling, Spanish-owned airline brings costly responsibilities that could drain public resources and force fare hikes unless oil prices fall, analysts said Friday. Argentina's Senate this.. Read More

M & A Fri Sep 5, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- OBERURSEL, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Management Board and Supervisory Board of Utimaco Safeware AG today issued a joint statement in response to the voluntary, public takeover offer made on August 21st 2008 by Sophos Holdings GmbH, in accordance with.. Read More

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

biz.yahoo.com -- LONDON (AP) -- British market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC stood defiant against a hostile takeover by WPP Group PLC on Wednesday after its preferred partner GfK AG abandoned its own potential takeover bid. Germany's GfK said that it has giv.. Read More

M & A Fri Aug 22, 2008 @ 3:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- Financial stocks were helping drive the markets higher on Friday, with shares of Lehman Brothers Holdings (NYSE:LEH - News) benefitting from rumors of a potential hostile takeover. Also moving upwards on the final trading day of the week were financial st.. Read More

M & A Fri Aug 22, 2008 @ 3:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- Shares in Lehman Brothers bounded sharply out of the gate today, up 13% to $15.51 on speculation of a possible takeover by Korea Development Bank. The move in Lehman comes a day after respected analyst Richard Bove floated the notion of Lehman's vulnerab.. Read More

M & A Thu Aug 21, 2008 @ 6:03pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers (NYSE:LEH - News) failed to sell a large stake to Asian investors, a report said, and such failures may open the door to a hostile takeover of the investment bank, an analyst wrote. A newspaper report said Lehman sou.. 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 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 Fri Aug 15, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- LONDON (AP) -- British recruitment company Michael Page International PLC said Friday it has ended discussions with takeover suitor Adecco SA, but the Swiss-based world no. 1 recruiting agency indicated it would continue its 1.3 billion pound ($2.4 billio.. Read More

M & A Thu Aug 14, 2008 @ 6:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SALEM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--StockerYale, Inc. (NASDAQ: STKR - News) today announced that it has extended the expiry time for its cash takeover bid for Virtek Vision International Inc. to 11:59 p.m. (Toronto time) on August 25, 2008, unless extended. Th.. Read More

M & A Tue Aug 12, 2008 @ 3:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) -- Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. on Tuesday detailed stockholders allocations in its $220.2 million cash-and-stock takeover of property and casualty insurance provider ProCentury Corp. ProCentury shareholders seeking cash from t.. Read More

M & A Wed Aug 6, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- LONDON (Reuters) - Acquisitive miner Xstrata (LSE:XTA.L - News) unveiled a $10 billion takeover bid for the world's third-biggest platinum producer Lonmin (LSE:LMI.L - News), aiming to diversify its business from industrial metals such as copper. South.. Read More

M & A Tue Aug 5, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- The number of global metals industry deals remained steady in the first half of 2008, but their overall value declined as attractive takeover targets became scarcer following consolidation, according to a study released Tuesday. Pricewat.. Read More

M & A Fri Aug 1, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Yahoo's shareholders have re-elected the Internet company's entire board despite hard feelings about the directors' rejection of a takeover offer from Microsoft Corp. Each of the nine directors got at least 78 percent of the shar.. Read More

M & A Tue Jul 29, 2008 @ 9:02am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On May 15, 2008, Pyramus S.à r.l., Luxembourg (“Bidder”), published the offer document for its voluntary takeover offer (“Offer”) to the shareholders of D+S europe AG, Hamburg, to acquire all bearer shares with no par v.. Read More

M & A Fri Jul 25, 2008 @ 12:04pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- The chief executive of Republic Services Inc. refused Friday to discuss Waste Management Inc.'s attempt to buy shares of his company as part of a takeover bid. James E. O'Connor, chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based tra.. Read More

M & A Thu Jul 24, 2008 @ 12:05pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- LONDON (AP) -- British Energy Group PLC, the largest producer of electricity in Britain, confirmed Thursday that it is in "advanced" takeover discussions with an unidentified suitor. Shares in the nuclear generator, which has been on the auction block fo.. Read More

M & A Wed Jul 23, 2008 @ 3:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Continental AG on Wednesday roundly rejected a takeover offer worth more than 11.2 billion euros ($17.6 billion) from smaller auto parts maker Schaeffler KG, but indicated that it might be interested if Schaeffler ups its offer... Read More

M & A Tue Jul 22, 2008 @ 3:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) -- A settlement to clear the way for the takeover of Puget Sound Energy by Canadian and Australian investors was announced Tuesday. The agreement includes major utility customers, critics of the $7.8 million deal and the staff of the.. Read More

M & A Sat Jul 19, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Wendy's International Inc., the nation's No. 3 hamburger chain, said Friday it is making "good progress" in ironing out the details of its takeover by Arby's owner Triarc Cos. Inc. In a letter to employees filed with the Securities and E.. Read More