Molson and Coors sweeten merger plan with dividend worth $381 ...
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MONTREAL (CP) - Molson Inc. and Adolph Coors Co. are sweetening their brewery merger plan with a special dividend to Molson shareholders worth $381 million.
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Mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc.   said on Thursday it has agreed to pay $38.1 billion, or $101 per common share, for Canadian aluminum company Alcan Ltd. .
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Wednesday   raised its annual dividend 49 percent to $1 a share as part of   the world's largest restaurant company's push to return more   cash to shareholders.
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MIDLAND, Mich., Dec. 14  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Dow Chemical Company , has declared a dividend of 37.5 cents per share, payable January 30, 2007, to shareholders of record on December 29, 2006.  This is the 381st consecutive cash dividend issued by Dow.
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TORONTO (CP) - Hollinger International Inc. announced plans Thursday for a special dividend to distribute $227 million US from the sale of the Telegraph newspaper group and may buy $273 million worth of its own stock through a tender offer.
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The $101-a-share Rio Tinto bid represents a 32.8 percent premium to Alcoaâs hostile offer of $76.03 a share, potentially making it difficult for Alcoa to increase its bid.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.  on Thursday sweetened its bid for CBOT Holdings Inc.  with a $9.14-per-share special dividend for CBOT shareholders.
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TXU Corp. (NYSE: TXU) said Monday it will increase its quarterly dividend 350 percent over last quarter to 56.25 cents per share. The increased dividend -- up from 12.
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Molson Coors Brewing Co.   reported quarterly profit on Thursday that trounced analysts expectations, aided by higher pricing and volume growth, sending its shares up more than 6 percent.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Wednesday   raised its annual dividend 49 percent to $1 a share, part of a   push by the world's largest restaurant company to return more   cash to its shareholders.
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Canada nickel miner Inco Ltd.   N.TO on Sunday recommended that shareholders accept the   C$19.35 billion takeover offer from Brazil's Companhia Vale do   Rio Doce (CVRD) VALE5.SA.
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Dean Foods Co.  on Friday  declared a special dividend of $15 per share, or about $2  billion in total, sending shares of the company 9 percent  higher in morning trading.
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Molson Inc. and Adolph Coors Co. agreed Friday to pay Molson shareholders a special dividend of $316 million, in another attempt to curry favor for their proposed merger.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Molson Inc. may have removed the last obstacle to its proposed merger with Colorado beer maker Adolph Coors Co. on Friday, after it agreed to fork out a premium of $3.
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Adolph Coors Co. and Montreal-based brewer Molson Inc. said Friday that they will pay a special dividend to Molson shareholders in connection with the companies&#39; merger.
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Molson Coors Brewing Co.   said on Thursday that quarterly net income rose, helped by higher pricing and volume growth.
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Shares in the world's top brewer,  Belgium's InBev , rose 5.6 percent on Thursday on a  report in Brazil's Valor Economico that suggested the company  could merge with Anheuser-Busch , traders said.