Gold Kist accepts Pilgrim's Pride buyout bid
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U.S. chicken producer Gold Kist Inc.  has agreed to a sweetened buyout bid by larger rival Pilgrim's Pride Inc. , ending a takeover battle that began four months ago.
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Triad Hospitals Inc.  said on  Monday it had accepted a takeover bid from affiliates of CCMP  Capital Advisors and GS Capital Partners in a deal worth about  $6.4 billion, including about $1.7 billion of debt.
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The world's leading sports management and marketing firm is to be bought by a New York  investment firm for an undisclosed fee.
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WASHINGTON -- Pilgrim&#39;s Pride Corp., the nation&#39;s second-largest poultry producer, Monday said profit for its latest quarter nearly tripled as the acquisition of ConAgra Foods&#39; chicken unit and an insurance gain helped its bottom line.
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Australia's flagship airline Qantas accepts an improved takeover bid by a consortium led by Macquarie Bank.
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Meggitt, a British engineering and manufacturing company, agreed to buy K&F Industries Holdings of White Plains, N.Y., for $1.1 billion. Meggitt, which specializes in aerospace, military and electronics products, will pay $27 a share of K&F, or 10 percent above the stockâs closing price on Monday. K&F makes aircraft wheels, brake systems and other parts.
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Goldman Sachs and K.K.R. agreed to end their $8 billion buyout of Harman International, which makes speakers, and instead buy $400 million of the companyâs bonds.
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An agreement has been reached on the sale of the portfolio of SIV Portfolio, a structured investment vehicle, to bidders including Goldman Sachs , the fund's receivers Deloitte & Touche said on Monday.
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Goldcorp and Glamis Gold agreed to a friendly merger worth about $21.3 billion.
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Pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to buy antibody therapy developer Domantis for 230 million pounds.
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By Alistair Osborne, Associate City Editor (Filed: 17/12/2004). United Technologies Corporation clinched the acquisition of Kidde yesterday after sweetening its 165p-a-share offer for the fire protection group with a final dividend of 2p per share.
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Shareholders of Harmony Gold Mining Co. on Friday overwhelmingly approved issuing new shares to fund the company&#39;s hostile takeover bid for Gold Fields Ltd.
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Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. said Monday it had acquired 10.8 percent of Gold Fields Ltd.&#39;s shares through the first phase of its hostile US$6.6 billion (euro4.9 billion) takeover bid.
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Financial group ING has agreed to sell Baring Asset Management to US groups MassMutual and Northern Trust and says it will make a net gain of 250 million euros (176 million pounds) on the deal.
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Harmony Gold Mining Company yesterday bought a 10.8% stake in Gold Fields in the first phase of its $6.6bn (Â£3.5bn) takeover bid.
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Business News, MELBOURNE, Financial group HHG has agreed to sell its life insurance business, including Pearl, National Provident Life and London Life, for 1.025 billion pounds to Life Company Investor Group, and plans to return 875 million pounds of the
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Triad Hospitals Inc.  agreed to accept a $4.7 billion takeover offer from two private equity buyers, including the investment unit of Goldman Sachs, amid pressure from a hedge fund to boost its stock performance.