Telefonica rejects Â£1.38bn bid for Big Brother producer
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LONDON - Spanish communications giant Telefonica has rejected Time Warner&#39;s Â£1.38bn offer for &#39;Big Brother&#39; production company Endemol, according to reports.
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Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.  has rejected a conditional A$10.9 billion ($8.6 billion) buyout offer led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and Texas Pacific Group .
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Santander Central Hispano SA, the biggest bank in Spain and Latin America, denied a press report that it may withdraw its 8.2 billion-pound ($14.
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Mining firm Rio Tinto rejects a $147bn hostile takeover offer from rival BHP Billiton.
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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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Akzo Nobel says it has made a bid approach for Dulux paint-maker ICI, but that the move was rejected.
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Leap Wireless International Inc.   said on Sunday its board of directors had rejected an  unsolicited bid from larger rival MetroPCS Communications Inc.  .
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LONDON - HBOS says it has decided against bidding for the British mortgage bank Abbey National, clearing the way for an agreed offer from Spain&#39;s Banco Santander Central Hispano (SCH).
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UK music group EMI rejects a Â£2.1bn takeover from Warner Music as too low.
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) today rejected an offer from Deutsche Borse, its bigger German rival, valuing it at about Â£1.35 billion ($2.6 billion), or 530pence per share, a significant premium to Fridayâs closing price of 430 pence.
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Leap Wireless International Inc.  said on Sunday its board of directors had rejected an unsolicited bid from larger rival MetroPCS Communications Inc. .
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Equity Office Properties Trust, the target of the largest real estate takeover, yesterday rejected a $41 billion offer from Vornado Realty Trust, saying a $38.3 billion cash bid by Blackstone Group L.P. is less risky for shareholders.
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Carphone Warehouse drops its Â£3m sponsorship deal with Channel 4 show Big Brother.
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HBOS walked away from a possible bid for Abbey National yesterday, shortening the odds sharply on a Â£8.7 billion recommended offer from Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano being successful.
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Vodafone Group has denied a Monday report by the Financial Times that it was considering buying Verizon Communications in a huge $160 billion deal.
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Tony O'Reilly's bid to buy one of Australia's leading media groups is thwarted after it failed to win enough support.
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Vodafone Group PLC on Monday denied a newspaper report it is considering making a $160 billion bid for its U.S. partner in the wireless phone business, Verizon Communications Inc.