&#39;Golden share&#39; could protect EU companies from takeover: Mandelson
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EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson suggested on Monday that so-called &quot;golden shares&quot; could be used to protect strategically important European companies against foreign takeovers.
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The row over the incoming European Commission is only a hiccup which will make the institution stronger in the long term, Peter Mandelson has said.
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Harmony Gold Mining Ltd. said Monday it would continue its multibillion dollar (euro) takeover bid for Gold Fields Ltd. and will defend legal action brought against it by Gold Fields in a US court.
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European Commission President Jose  Manuel Barroso has warned that a rising tide of protectionism  could endanger European investment in the United States, the  Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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The Motley Fool - Here's something you don't see every day -- the continuing brouhaha between Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL - News) and PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT - News) being a notable exception. South Africa's Harmony Gold Mining Company (NYSE: HMY - News) has announced a hostile takeover bid to acquire fellow South African miner Gold Fields Limited (NYSE: GFI - News). The transaction, if it takes place, would be an all-stock acquisition, with Harmony issuing 1.275 new shares in payment for each share of Gold Fields. The deal would value Gold Fields at more than &#36;8 billion. ...
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European stock market regulators are concerned that a possible takeover of the London Stock Exchange by its Frankfurt rival Deutsche Boerse would make regulation in the sector more difficult, the Committee of ...
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EU trade chief Peter Mandelson says Europe's ex-colonies could miss out if they do not sign new trade deals.
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The European Commission has no objection to Oracle&#39;s takeover bid for PeopleSoft. That decision, coming after Oracle&#39;s antitrust victory in the US, means that Oracle faces no more regulatory impediments to its proposed takeover.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (IPS) - European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson  has distanced himself from a pledge to enable African countries  revise a series of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)  recently clinched with Brussels.
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Incoming European Union trade chief  Peter Mandelson said on Monday he was confident the EU would  have a strong counter-case if the United States brought a claim  to the World Trade Organization over aircraft subsidies.
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Former minister urges UK not to gloat over its economic success. Larry Elliott and Mark Milner report from the CBI conference. Peter Mandelson, the UK&#39;s European commissioner designate, reopened his rift with
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Brussles - EU trade chief Peter Mandelson wants clarification of the US stance in threatened WTO action over aid to Airbus, his spokeswoman said Friday after a US official indicated Washington was delaying such action.
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South African gold producer Harmony, with backing from Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel, is poised to make a surprise takeover bid today for Gold Fields, the world&#39;s fourth biggest producer, the Financial Times has reported.
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Sweden&#39;s government will review a  proposed $3.7 billion takeover of Nordic bourses owner OMX   by Nasdaq  over worries companies could be  forced to operate under U.S. stock market rules, an official  said on Wednesday.
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JOHANNESBURG (Dow Jones)--South Africa&#39;s Securities Regulation Panel will next week hear objections from Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) to the takeover offer the company received earlier this week from Harmony Gold Mining Co.
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LONDON: Police in South Africa want to question Peter Mandelson, the new European Union trade commissioner and one of British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s closest friends, over any knowledge he may have of a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.
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The newly designated EADS chief executive said in an interview published Thursday he backed the introduction of &quot;golden shares&quot; to allow Berlin and Paris to veto strategic decisions at the European aerospace giant.