UPDATE: Stockland To Unveil A$7.5B Bid For GPT - Sources
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian diversified property group Stockland (SGP.AU) is set to launch a share-based bid for General Property Trust (GPT.
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Stockland, Australia&#39;s fourth-biggest property trust, asked that its shares be halted from trading before it makes a proposal involving General Property Trust, which is subject to a takeover offer from Lend Lease Corp.
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NEW YORK/SYDNEY  - BHP Billiton Ltd. , the world's largest mining group, is considering a bid to rival a $28.7 billion offer for aluminum producer Alcan Inc. , and has hired investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co. , sources familiar with the matter said.
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A $7.4 billion takeover bid for the Australian mining company WMC Resources has seen its share price surge by 36 per cent. The Swiss-based mining house Xstrata wants to add WMC Resources to its Australian mining portfolio.
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ConocoPhillips will buy 7.6 percent of OAO Lukoil from Russia for $1.99 billion and may raise that stake, expanding its access to the world&#39;s largest oil- and gas- producing country as energy prices surge.
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The wireless service provider offered more than $5 billion in stock for rival Leap.
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NEW YORK/SYDNEY  - BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest mining group, is considering a bid to rival a $28.7 billion offer for aluminum producer Alcan Inc. , and has hired investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co. , sources familiar with the matter said.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Foundation Coal has set plans to go public in a $250 million offering even as there are signs that the IPO market has quieted down in the wake of the debut by Google.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - Nasdaq  launched its 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange  on Tuesday, needing just over a fifth of LSE shareholders to accept for it to take control of the bourse.
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Shares of WMC Resources Ltd., the world&#39;s fifth-largest nickel metal producer, rose on optimism Xstrata Plc. will need to raise its A$7.4 billion ($5.8 billion) hostile bid and that other companies may submit higher offers.
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Office goods supplier Staples  proposed a 7.25 euros per share offer for Dutch peer Corporate  Express  on Tuesday, valuing it at around 2.5 billion  euros ($3.68 billion) and sending its shares soaring.
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The Lincolnshire, Ill.-based company's stake in Mobile Satellite Ventures LP may now be more than &#36;7 billion, according to one estimate.
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Stockland, Australia&#39;s fourth-biggest property trust, offered to buy General Property Trust for A$7.5 billion ($5.7 billion) in stock in an attempt to foil a rival bid by Lend Lease Corp.
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Biotechnology company ViaCell Inc.  set on Monday its planned initial public offering at 7.5  million shares at an estimated price of $7 to $9 per share.
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Xstrata Plc., which has made a hostile A$7.4 billion ($5.7 billion) bid for WMC Resources Ltd., said it received the first acceptance of its offer for the world&#39;s fifth largest nickel producer.
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At least two bidding  groups plan to submit offers on Friday to acquire Cadbury  Schweppes Plc&#39;s  U.S. beverage unit for as much as  $15.8 billion (8 billion pounds), sources familiar with the  situation said on Tuesday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday&#39;s invitation for proposals from investment banks on how to sell the government&#39;s A$32 billion ($24 billion) stake in Telstra Corp.