Aetos outbids rivals for Daito Trust: source
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A group led by U.S. investment firm Aetos Capital LLC has outbid Morgan Stanley  and others by offering 300 billion yen ($2.7 billion) for a roughly 30 percent stake in Japanese property developer Daito Trust Construction Co , a financial source said on Friday.
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A three-bank consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday launched an rival bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro, already the target of a friendly takeover bid by Barclays.
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PAN-EUROPEAN stock exchange Euronext is planning a rival bid for the London Stock Exchange, it was reported yesterday. The Paris-based Bourse this week intends unveiling plans drawn up for a cash bid, several Sunday newspapers reported.
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A fresh bidding war for Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus has erupted when Brazilian group CSN offered about 5.8 billion pounds (8.6 billion euros, 11.3 billion dollars) shortly after Corus had accepted a lower bid from Tata Steel of India.
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Sources close to the vendor say an intense, high-level debate continues about Sun&#39;s open-source Solaris plans, which were first announced in June.
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Equity Office Properties Trust  said on Friday it still preferred a $54-per-share cash takeover offer from private equity firm Blackstone Group despite a higher cash-and-stock bid of $56 per share from Vornado Realty Trust .
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By John Edison, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 20--Alerus Securities has entered into an agreement with a company behind a Richardton, N.D., corn-to-ethanol plant to act as a qualified matching service for trading membership units.
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A report says Goldman Sachs has made a bid for the Japanese consumer finance giant, challenging Newbridge Capital.
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Aether Systems Inc., a Maryland wireless data company that is selling off its operating units, said Wednesday it received a $30 million offer for a division it had already agreed to sell to another buyer for $25 million. -The Washington Post
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Two private equity groups are dueling to take over Freescale Semiconductor for more than $16 billion, people involved said.
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Japan&#39;s three major banking groups will invest in a bank set up by the country&#39;s top retailer Aeon Co., press reports said Saturday.
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Despite generous offer, software company says rival bids could emerge.
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Business & money: Â· Group in talks with banks as deadline loomsÂ· Only increased offer will win over Rio Tinto board
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Investment banks Morgan Stanley  and Lehman Brothers  are among the bidders for a stake in Japanese house builder Daito Trust Construction Co , which may lead to a multibillion-dollar buyout, sources familiar with the deal said on Thursday.
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Business & money: Stakes raised in battle for control of ABN Amro as Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium trumps Barclays' offer for Dutch bank.
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The move by the consortium of banks, which is led by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, is intended to help it prevail in a bidding war with Barclays.
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Wall Street helped Aether Systems Inc. become a wunderkind of the wireless data industry in 1999. But when its strategy to build a wireless empire collapsed, it turned to the small Arlington investment bank of Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group Inc. for a solution.