Australia Balks at Bids by Equity Firms
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A flurry of foreign bids for Australian companies has touched a nationalistic nerve and drawn calls for a more protectionist government stance.
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Qantas Airways, the Australian carrier, rejected an $8.6 billion takeover bid led by Macquarie Bank of Australia and the American equity firm, the Texas Pacific Group. Qantas said it had received a nonbinding proposal, but that the terms were ânot acceptable.â Qantas confirmed in November that it received a takeover proposal from Macquarie Bank and Texas Pacific.
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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.
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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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After years of supersize private equity deals, investors have begun to push back at several prominent transactions.
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Shares in Qantas dip on worries that opposition from unions and government could block a possible takeover.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Under pressure to boost investor interest ahead of aA$30 billion share sale, Australia&#39;s largest telephone company Telstra Corp.
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ABN Amroâs board said Sunday that it would not recommend either of the two takeover offers it had received.
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Business & money: Deal forced to be scrapped as the fallout from the sub-prime markets continues to spread
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AustraliaÂs national carrier, Qantas, said that it had been approached by Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group amid speculation of a takeover.
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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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The company has been rebuffed in Australia as it tries to grow.
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The London Stock Exchange  reiterated on Tuesday its rejection of a 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) bid from U.S. rival Nasdaq Stock Market Inc .
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A competing offer for banking giant ABN AMRO is sweetened, but not raised.
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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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SYDNEY- Australian shares fell 0.3 per cent on Monday, led down by insurer Axa Asia Pacific after it ended buyout talks with its French parent and by a weaker banking sector on concerns over higher interest rates.
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Following is a list of companies whose shares may rise or fall in Australia. This preview includes news announced after markets closed Dec. 24.