Goldcorp&#39;s McEwen, Seeking Growth, Buys Wheaton to Get Telfer
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Goldcorp Inc. Chief Executive Robert McEwen says he was always reluctant to expand by acquiring other gold producers. That&#39;s why McEwen is making one last purchase before he steps down and handing the reins to Ian Telfer.
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Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity   was looking at a possible bid for CanWest Global  Communications Corp.'s  stake in Australian broadcaster  Ten Network Holdings Ltd. , a source familiar with the  situation said.
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Canada&#39;s Barrick Gold Corp. said Thursday it was acquiring a 9 percent stake in London-based Celtic Resources Holding Ltd. - a deal that potentially gives the Canadian gold giant major clout ahead of next year&#39;s auction of Russia&#39;s biggest gold deposit.
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Canadian mining company Goldcorp Inc. (G.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (GG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) plans to buy competitor Wheaton River Minerals Ltd (WRM.
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Canada-based Brookfield Asset Management Inc.  made an approach to buy out Australia's Multiplex Ltd. , sending shares in the A$4 billion ($3 billion) construction and property firm up as much as 8 percent.
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Harmony Gold Mining Co., the biggest miner of South African gold, made a hostile offer to buy Gold Fields Ltd. for 52.9 billion rand ($8.
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Gold miner Gold Fields has bought a 14.4 percent stake in Canadian miner Comaplex Minerals, it announced on Thursday. The group said it had purchased 5.2 million common shares in the Toronto-listed miner through
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Glamis Gold, a medium-sized gold producer based in Nevada, unveiled a US$3.4bn bid for Canada&#39;s Goldcorp on Thursday, seeking to thwart a friendly deal announced last week between
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TORONTO (CP) - Freed from the threat of a takeover by the world&#39;s largest silver producer, Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. will continue to grow by acquiring gold mines around the world, the company&#39;s chairman
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Gold Fields Ltd. may bring forward the date for shareholders to vote on its proposed $2.1 billion purchase of Canada&#39;s Iamgold Corp.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia said it may buy 11 percent of Jinan City Commercial Bank, the first such purchase by an Australian lender in China, the fastest- growing among the world&#39;s 20 biggest economies.
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By staff writers and wires. THE nationn&#39;s biggest telco, Telstra Corp, is offering shareholders up to $4.65 per share in a off-market buyback worth $750 million.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Buyout firms Warburg Pincus and Providence Equity Partners are close to a deal to buy telecommunications software company Telcordia Technologies Inc. for about $1.3 billion, sources familiar with the situation said yesterday.
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TORONTO (CP) - Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. - after failing to complete a friendly merger and then avoiding a hostile takeover so far this year - spent Monday promoting the virtues of an agreed merger with Goldcorp Inc.
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Canadian gold producers Goldcorp and Wheaton River Minerals are set to create a company with more than 1.1 million ounces of gold production a year.
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Lachlan Murdoch and the gambling magnate James D. Packer have made an offer of 3.3 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion) to buy Consolidated Media Holdings.
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Coeur d&#39;Alene Mines Corp. said Tuesday that it remains committed to its takeover bid for Canadian miner Wheaton River Minerals Ltd.