AG Edwards deal puts brokerages in takeover focus
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Wachovia Corp.&#39;s  deal to buy  A.G. Edwards Inc.  for $6.8 billion has put other  independent brokerages in focus for possible takeovers.
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British utility firm AWG said it had agreed a consortium takeover worth 2.213 billion pounds (3.272 billion euros, 4.145 billion dollars) -- but has also received approaches from other bidders.
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Australian flag-carrier Qantas said it had received a takeover approach from Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group on behalf of a consortium they represent.
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Bond trader Cantor Fitzgerald is  combining its electronic brokerage eSpeed , which has  been a takeover target, with its BGC Partners inter-dealer  broker into a new publicly listed company in a $1.3 billion  deal.
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The company's distribution deal will have a big impact on its competitive strength.
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Bear Stearns Cos Inc's management shake-up could make the investment bank a takeover target, but the possibility of more write-downs and chance of legal entanglements from the subprime mortgage crisis could sideline suitors for now, analysts said on Tuesday.
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Wachovia Corp. , the fourth-largest U.S. bank, on Thursday said it will buy A.G. Edwards Inc.  for $6.8 billion in cash and stock, creating the second-largest U.S. retail brokerage.
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The London Stock Exchange faces a likely takeover war after Euronext joined the battle for the 200-year-old British institution with a takeover approach pitting it against Germany's Deutsche Boerse.
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One of the largest private takeovers in history -- the $25.3 billion buyout for college loan giant Sallie Mae -- unraveled yesterday after its buyers balked at the price, citing turmoil in the credit markets and federal legislation to cut subsidies to student lenders.
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Wachovia Corp.  on Thursday said it will buy A.G. Edwards Inc.  for $6.8 billion in cash and stock, creating the second-largest U.S. retail brokerage.
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A bidding war for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) looked increasingly likely after Euronext said it had approached the group about a possible counterbid to Deutsche Boerse's 2.0-billion-euro offer.
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Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards says a wave of mergers in the oil industry should be investigated by the Justice Department to see what impact they have had on soaring gasoline prices.
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Wachovia Corp.  and A.G. Edwards Inc.  said on Thursday they would merge to create a retail brokerage firm with $1.1 trillion in assets.