WSJ: Adelphia May Reject Joint Bid
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Bankrupt cable company Adelphia Communications Corp. may refuse to allow Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc. to make a joint bid for the cable company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Exchange group Euronext is reported to be ready to bid for the London Stock Exchange, which rejected a German offer last week.
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As Nasdaq's battle for the London Stock Exchange  reaches a climax on Saturday, the deadline for shareholders to accept its bid, the LSE's share price suggests the U.S. bourse may fail, analysts said.
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Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.   rejected on Wednesday a conditional A$10.9 billion  ($8.6 billion) buyout offer led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.   and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group .
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General Electric Co. and Pearson Plc may challenge News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co., with a plan that could let Dow Jones's controlling Bancroft family keep an interest in the company, the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal reported on their Web sites on Sunday.
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Comcast Corp. CMCSA.O and Time  Warner Inc. TWX.N on Monday said they are in talks on a  possible joint offer to acquire bankrupt cable company Adelphia  Communications Corp. ADELQ.PK.
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NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Yahoo Inc  is  reportedly in talks with News Corp  to combine their  Web properties, but Wall Street analysts rained scorn on the  likelihood of a deal that can fend off Microsoft Corp's   $42.1 billion bid for Yahoo.
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Bankrupt cable operator Adelphia Communications Corp will allow cable companies Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corp. to bid jointly for the assets it is trying to shed, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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MELBOURNE - 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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Confirming weekend rumors, Yahoo rejected on Monday Microsoft's US$44.6 billion cash-and-stock offer, saying th...
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EMI Group Plc is expected to reject a  potential 2.5 billion pound ($4.92 billion) bid from private  equity firm Permira as being too low, the Times newspaper said  on Monday.
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The London Stock Exchange, which has rejected a Â£1.35bn takeover bid from Deutsche BÃ¶rse, will hold talks with the German exchange today to see if a &quot;significantly improved proposal&quot; can be agreed.
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SYDNEY: Directors of Australian mining giant WMC Resources Ltd. have rejected a renewed A$7.4b (US$5.7b) takeover offer from British-Swiss Xstrata Plc.
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Comcast said it was in talks with Time Warner to make a joint bid for Adelphia, which has been operating under bankruptcy protection.
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The London Stock Exchange today said it had rejected a Â£1.35 billion takeover approach from German rival Deutsche Boerse. Shares in the LSE have risen 25 per cent in recent weeks as investors anticipated a possible takeover bid.
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Yahoo&#39;s board of directors plans to reject&#160;Microsoft&#39;s unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover bid,&#160;The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing as its source &quot;a person familiar with the situation.&quot;
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The aluminum producer Alcoa said in a statement that it would continue to pursue its $27.4 billion cash and stock bid for a rival, Alcan, despite the Canadian companyâs rejection of the offer. But Alcoaâs chairman and chief executive, Alain J. P. Belda, said that the company would not enhance the proposal, which Alcan called inadequate. âWe have studied Alcanâs response and have not seen anything that would lead us to re-evaluate our offer,â Mr. Belda said. He also rejected suggestions by Alcan that Alcoa would have difficulty obtaining antitrust approval for the merger and urged Alcanâs board to resume its examination of the bid.