Sainsbury's takeover bid dropped
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A Qatari-backed investment fund abandons its takeover bid for supermarket chain Sainsbury's.
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British brewer Scottish and Newcastle (S and N) rejected a takeover bid Thursday from Denmark's Carlsberg and Dutch peer Heineken worth 6.8 billion pounds, dismissing the offer as an effort to get hold of S and N business "on the cheap."
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Shares in J Sainsbury, the supermarkets group, have been surging all week on renewed bid speculation. Yet I think the company has to be believed when it insists that there have been no approaches, nor would
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The London Stock Exchange said it had rejected a Â£1.3bn takeover bid from Deutsche Boerse but held the door open to talks that could result in a deal with the German exchange.
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SYDNEY: Shares in Australian grocery food chain Foodland Associated Ltd were placed in a trading halt on Monday after a takeover offer from Metcash Trading Ltd.
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has rejected a proposed offer for the company from Deutsche Boerse valued at 530 pence per share in cash.
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A private investment group that includes buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp; Co. on Thursday dropped its $850 million bid to acquire utility company UniSource Energy Corp.
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Shares in Vodafone Group Plc, the world&#39;s largest mobile-phone operator, dropped after The Wall Street Journal said the company is considering bidding with US partner Verizon Communications Inc.
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Premier Foods Plc pulled out of a  1.7-billion-pound ($3.2 billion) takeover battle for Britain's  United Biscuits on Thursday, leaving U.S. buyout giant  Blackstone Group as the sole known contender.
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Halifax-to-Bank of Scotland group HBOS today said it had pulled out of a potential takeover battle for Abbey National. The announcement that it will not be bidding clears
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AILING supermarket chain Sainsbury&#39;s is reported to be the target of a Â£5bn takeover bid being prepared by an ex-treasurer of the Conservative party.
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Leeds today confirmed negotiations for the takeover of the American-backed consortium led by Sebastian Sainsbury have ended - and that Elland Road is to be sold under a sale and lease back deal.
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The British supermarket group J Sainsbury said Wednesday it has received a takeover approach from a Qatari investment group.
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The struggling supermarket chain J Sainsbury today reported the first loss in its 135-year history. Sainsbury&#39;s, weighed down by the costs of overhauling its business, made a loss of Â£39m for the six months
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BANKING giant HBOS yesterday said it had pulled out of a potential takeover battle for Abbey National. The announcement that it will not be bidding clears the way for Spain&#39;s Santander
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Troubled grocery chain J Sainsbury PLC, Britain's third-biggest supermarket retailer, said Monday it expected to announce a big drop in profits for the first half of this year.
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LONDON -- A Qatari investment fund said yesterday it is talking with J Sainsbury PLC about a takeover, marking the second bid this year for Britain's third-largest supermarket group.