Swift rejects $2.2bln buyout offer, stock rises
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Trucking company Swift Transportation Co. Inc.  said on Monday it rejected a $2.2 billion buyout proposal from former Chief Executive Jerry Moyes, but added it is willing to discuss higher bids.
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U.S. private equity firm Apollo Management has made a 1-billion-pound ($1.95 billion) bid proposal to Countrywide , but one of the British property agency's key shareholders immediately rejected it as too low.
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Yahoo Inc  on Monday rejected  Microsoft Corp's  unsolicited takeover bid, currently  valued at $42 billion, as too low, saying its board had  unanimously concluded it was not in the best interests of  shareholders.
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Software maker Business Objects   declined comment on Thursday after its shares climbed 6 percent  on talk of a bid from a big U.S. company keen to grow in the  thriving business intelligence market.
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The London Stock Exchange said Monday that it had rejected a fresh takeover proposal from German rival Deutsche Boerse but has agreed to further talks.
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Business & money: Shares in the internet company rise further after it says Â£21bn unsolicited offer is too low
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A second U.S. investment fund dismissed Citigroup's $10.8 billion buyout offer for Nikko Cordial Corp. on Friday, propelling the Japanese brokerage's shares further above Citigroup's offer price.
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Deutsche Boerse, the company which operates the Frankfurt stock exchange, said Monday it had offered to buy the London Stock Exchange for around two billion euros, but that the LSE had rejected that offer.
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Australian nickel and copper miner WMC Resources rejected aA$7,4bn takeover bid from Xstrata, but left the door open for a higher offer, which sent its shares soaring.
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Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways has rejected a 10.9 billion dollar (8.6 billion US) takeover bid from a private equity consortium, sending its shares into a nosedive.
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The London Stock Exchange   reiterated its opposition to a hostile bid from Nasdaq Stock  Market Inc  on Monday, noting that valuations of  trading exchanges had risen since its U.S. rival launched its  bid.
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Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.  rejected on Wednesday a A$10.9 billion ($8.6 billion) buyout offer from a group led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group .
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The London Stock Exchange today rejected a Â£1.35bn takeover approach from German rival Deutsche BÃ¶rse, but held open the prospect of further talks.
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Vodafone has denied a report that it is buying Verizon for $160 billion--but says it is contemplating a deal.
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Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O  rose 1.8  percent before the bell on Monday after Bear Stearns raised its  share price target on the company to $72 from $60.
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Australian insurer AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd. (AXA.AU) rebuffed Monday a buyout proposal from major shareholder AXA SA (AXA) after it wouldn&#39;t agree to the A$3.
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The Netherlands-based Corporate Express rejected an unsolicited $3.67 billion buyout offer from Staples as too low, but some analysts expect an eventual agreement.