Barr enters bidding race to buy Pliva: report
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U.S. drug maker Barr Pharmaceuticals   has entered the bidding for Croatian pharmaceutical  group Pliva (PLVxq.L), the Financial Times newspaper said on  Monday.
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Brazilian steel maker CSN raised the stakes yesterday in the takeover war for Britain's Corus Group PLC with a $9.6 billion bid that topped a sweetened offer by Tata Steel of India.
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Rio Tinto Ltd. Plc   has hired Deutsche Bank to advise it on a possible bid for Canadian aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  , the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported on Monday.
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Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc  has hired Deutsche Bank to advise it on a possible bid for Canadian aluminum producer Alcan , the Sydney Morning Herald paper reported on Monday.
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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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ZAGREB, Croatia Iceland-based Actavis Group HF filed a new offer to take over Croatian drug maker Pliva on Thursday, topping an earlier bid from the rival U.S.-based Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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Fonterra is aiming for a significant share of the Australian dairy foods market, with a bid for one of Australia&#39;s largest operators.
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NEW YORK/BOSTON  - Activist investor Carl Icahn threatened on Friday to launch a proxy battle for control of BEA Systems Inc  if the software maker does not begin an auction process to sell itself.
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BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  , the world's biggest miner, is in talks with private equity firms to team up for a possible $40 billion bid for U.S. aluminum company Alcoa Inc , the Times said on Tuesday.
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Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc   has hired Deutsche Bank to advise it on a possible bid for Canadian aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  , the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported on Monday.
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Federal prosecutors are expected to announce a plea deal with a former executive of recruitment service Monster Worldwide Inc.  in a stock options manipulation case, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Xstrata on Monday launched a hostile bid for the Australian miner WMC Resources in what analysts predicted could turn into an international bidding war as the global hunt for inexpensive resources to supply China intensifies.
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BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, is preparing a hostile bid for peer Rio Tinto whose board has turned down a friendly approach worth billions of US dollars, British newspapers said Sunday.
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U.S. investment bank Citigroup is set to  bid for UK stockbroker Cazenove CAZ.UL, challenging rivals JP  Morgan JPM.L and Lehman Brothers LEH.N for the City's most  venerable institution, the Observer reported.
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Alcan Inc. has begun negotiating toward a merger agreement with Rio Tinto PLC to fend off a hostile bid from U.S. rival Alcoa Inc., Canada's the Globe and Mail newspaper reported on its Web site.
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Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is planning an initial public offering, media reports said on Thursday.
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Copper producer Antofagasta makes a $400m offer for Australian business Equatorial Mining, sparking a bid battle.