General Mills buying back 16.5M shares
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General Mills Inc. said Monday it plans to buy back about 16.5 million shares of its common stock from beverage company Diageo PLC.
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Printer and PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it bought $1.3 million in common shares back from Merrill Lynch and its board approved the buyback of an additional $3 billion in shares.
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Sydney - Global resources giant BHP Billiton on Tuesday announced a share buy-back of A$1 billion to A$1.5 billion (R4.65 billion to R6.
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Marks &amp; Spencer, whose sales have dropped for the fourth straight quarter, has priced a 2.3 billion pound share buyback offer in a 332-380 pence per share range.
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Anglo-Australian resources giant BHP Billiton announced a share buy-back of 1.0-1.5 billion dollars (720 million-1.08 billion US) as part of a capital restructure program.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is launching a new share repurchase plan in which it will buy back $10 billion of company shares. The plan replaces a previous plan in which the company was buying back $7 billion worth of shares.
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LONDON - Vodafone Group plans to hand Â£6 billion ($16 billion) back to shareholders this year after doubling half-year and full-year dividends and boosting a multibillion-pound share buyback programme.
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Demand for a 2.3-billion-pound share buyback by Marks &amp; Spencer has been strong, the retailer says after pricing the move above market expectations at 362 pence per share.
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LONDON : Marks and Spencer, the struggling British retailer, began buying back more than one quarter of its shares in the biggest tender offer ever seen in Britain.
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BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest miner, will buy back as much as A$1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) of its Australian stock as part of a plan to return profit from soaring commodity prices to investors.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Food conglomerate General Mills Inc. said Monday it is selling its stake in a European snack operation for $750 million to beverage giant PepsiCo Inc.
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BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc. , the worldâs largest diversified miner, said on Tuesday it would buy back up to A$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) of its shares.
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General Electric Co. said Friday that two private equity firms completed a deal to buy a majority interest in its India-based back office unit.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Simon Property Group Inc. and Farallon Capital Management LLC said Monday they are offering $24 per share in cash, or more than $1.5 billion, for mega-mall developer Mills Corp, topping a previous $1.35 billion deal from Canadian investor Brookfield Asset Management.
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PLEASANTON -- US developer Mills Corp. has agreed to buy a 50 percent interest in Stoneridge mall and eight other regional malls from General Motors Asset Management Corp.
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Shares in takeover target National Foods have pushed further ahead on the Australian Stock Exchange. Yesterday, they surged more than 5 per cent higher to $6.25, after Philippine food and drink giant San Miguel
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The US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer last night kept his Manchester United bid hopes alive by wading into the market and buying a further 6 per cent of the club, lifting his stake to 25.