News sets up takeover defence
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LIBERTY Media&#39;s move last week to grab up to 17.1 per cent of News Corporation voting stock has prompted the launch of a defensive shareholder rights plan.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. has moved to ward off any hostile bid from US cable company Liberty Media with a plan to issue stock options to dilute the stake of any predator.
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The Boston Herald's effort to get the Justice Department to halt The New York Times Co.'s acquisition of a minority share of the Metro Boston newspaper on antitrust grounds could hinge on how the area's media market is defined.
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Stepping up its takeover defense from predator New Zealand Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd. (FCO.YY), Australian dairy target National Foods Ltd.
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TONY EASTLEY: US investors have reacted with caution to a move by media mogul, Rupert Murdoch, to shore up his family&#39;s holdings in News Corporation.
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The Wall Street rumor mill is working overtime, spinning off speculation about how soon a decision will be announced in the US government lawsuit aimed at blocking Oracle&#39;s (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) proposed takeover of PeopleSoft (PSFT:Nasdaq
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Global media group News Corp. has launched a shareholders&#39; rights plan to protect shareholders&#39; interests if any attempt is made to wrest control from executive chairman Rupert Murdoch and his family.
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HARMONY Gold Mining pledged yesterday to mount a legal challenge should Gold Fields, its takeover target, scupper a hostile $8.1 billion (Â£4.2 billion) approach today.
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Let's face it. Private equity firms hogged the deal-making spotlight in 2007, first with their high-flying buyouts and then with their frantic efforts to salvage them. But corporate acquirers, otherwise known as strategics, weren't exactly on vacation. Just ask Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corporation pulled off an audacious takeover of Dow Jones that many said was [...].
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Australia&#39;s News Corp has adopted corporate reforms aimed at soothing critics of its planned move to the US. The media giant, owner of Fox TV in the US, and the Times and Sun newspapers in the UK, promised not to issue new shares with extra voting rights.
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British newspapers have been abuzz over a bill that would ensure the right of homeowners to defend themselves against intruders.
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Union and business leaders seek reassurance after the UK's biggest brewer accepted a takeover offer.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corporation yesterday agreed to be bound by key Australian rules when it reincorporates in the US. This will restrict Murdoch family&#39;s ability to
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After a series of failed buyout deals, companies and their lawyers are likely to focus on strengthening the language in takeover contracts to help ensure that transactions are completed.
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Within the news business, there is a consensus that the roof is caving in on the legal protections for working journalists.
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The Financial Times claims Nomura, the Japanese bank, is involved in a plan to raise Â£200m to block a takeover of Man Utd by Malcolm Glazer.
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With news that the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has knocked back a Â£1.35bn offer from its German rival Deutsche Boerse, the ordinary shareholder may be wondering what lies ahead.