WMC shares surge on takeover bid
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A $7.4 billion takeover bid for the Australian mining company WMC Resources has seen its share price surge by 36 per cent. The Swiss-based mining house Xstrata wants to add WMC Resources to its Australian mining portfolio.
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World stocks hit a lifetime peak on Monday as a fresh bout of corporate takeover activity helped ease concerns about oil prices which approached record highs.
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Shares in J. Crew Group Inc.   jumped more than 20 percent in their market debut Wednesday, a  sign of investor confidence in the preppy retailer a day after  its initial public offering priced above the forecast range.
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European stock markets have risen as investors reacted to a series of newspaper reports suggesting possible takeover deals.
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Shares of China Merchants Bank surge as much as 30% on its first day of trading in Hong Kong.
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Australian mining firm WMC Resources says it is worth up to 30% more than a hostile $5.8bn takeover bid by Swiss rival Xstrata.
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Shares in Japanese supermarket chain Daiei surge after reports say US retail giant Wal-Mart is thinking of buying a stake in the firm.
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An acquisition focuses on a market with strong growth potential.
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Business & money: Shares in Dulux paints owner jump more than 15% on hopes of takeover battle.
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WMC Resources, the Australian mining group fighting a hostile A$7.4bn takeover bid from Xstrata, is to return up to A$1bn (US$1.3bn) to shareholders after yesterday upgrading its profit forecast for 2004.
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Northern Rock shares surge almost 14% in early trade after the troubled bank says it is in takeover talks.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets rose Wednesday on the back of takeover talk in the hotels sector, sparked by a huge private equity-backed deal for US group Hilton Hotels Corporation.
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Shares of Dow Chemical Co.  on Monday soared 8 percent a day after a report in the U.K.-based tabloid Sunday Express newspaper said the company could be a target of a leveraged buyout.
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A rush of multibillion-dollar buyouts  has catapulted the volume of private equity deals to their  highest level on record, data published on Tuesday shows.
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The shares of Chinese telecoms companies listed in Hong Kong surged yesterday on what the industry's regulator and a government researcher called speculative reports about the long-awaited introduction of 3G mobile services.
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OLYMPIC DAM, South Australia (Dow Jones)--WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.AU) is pinning its defense from aA$7.4 billion takeover bid by Xstrata PLC (XTA.
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Shares in Manchester United rally on Monday as the club confirms it has received a takeover approach.