Roche signals possible increase in bid for US Ventana
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The Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche signalled Friday that it was ready to consider increasing its three billion dollar offer for US health diagnostics specialist Ventana Medical Systems.
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Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche has said its first-half net profit had increased by 37 percent to 4.54 billion Swiss francs (2.9 billion euros, 3.62 billion dollars).
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The stent maker said it was considering a public stock offering for 18 percent to 25 percent of its Endosurgery division.
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Shares in MCI climb on speculation that rival phone firm Qwest has tabled a $6.3bn takeover offer.
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Shares of Alcan Inc. rose after reports of possible takeover offers from Norsk Hydro ASA and Rio Tinto Group raised expectations of a bidding war with Alcoa Inc. for the Canadian aluminum producer.
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Shares of Biomet Inc.  rose about 4 percent on Monday following weekend reports that European rival Smith & Nephew  would make an $11 billion bid for the company.
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The telecommunications company is said to be in negotiations, in what may be the latest round of deal making in its industry.
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Shares in fashion retailer Giordano  International Ltd. (0709.HK) jumped more than 8 percent on  Monday amid speculation that three global retail giants were  considering buying a stake in the company.
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NASHVILLE -- CVS Corp. boosted its offer for Caremark Rx Inc. for a third time yesterday, just a day after rival bidder Express Scripts Inc. raised its offer.
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Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Holding AG said Friday that a European Union body had moved toward possible approval this year of the cancer drug Avastin.
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Shares in fashion retailer Giordano International Ltd.  jumped more than 8 percent on Monday amid speculation that three global retail giants were considering buying a stake in the company.
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Shares of Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group, the nation&#39;s biggest pubs owner, may rise after Coles Myer Ltd. increased its takeover offer to A$1.
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A consortium headed by Goldman Sachs, which lost out in the Â£1.6bn bidding war for Warner Chilcott last week, is considering coming back with a higher offer for the women&#39;s healthcare company.
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Roche Holding AG  has agreed to buy Ventana Medical Systems Inc  for $3.4 billion to boost its diagnostics business, the Swiss drugmaker said on Tuesday, raising its earlier bid.
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Bowing to pressure from an Icos Corp.   shareholder, Eli Lilly and Co.  said on Monday  it has increased its offer for the biotechnology company to  $2.3 billion from an earlier bid of $2.1 billion.
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WPP and a US buyout firm will submit offers for US ad agency Grey Global today, while France&#39;s Havas faces opposition to its bid from one of
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THE REGION Cytyc Corp., a Marlborough maker of medical testing products, increased its offer to buy Australia's Vision Systems Ltd. to $517 million, topping a rival $346 million bid from Tucson-based Ventana Medical Systems Inc. Cytyc's new offer, up from its Sept. 17 offering of $377 million, came two days after Ventana said it had paid about $47.4 million to ...