Watchdog sets Corus bid deadline
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The Takeover Panel sets a January deadline for rival bidders to make an offer for steelmaker Corus.
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India's Tata Steel  and Corus Group Plc  have agreed an increased takeover offer, valuing the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker at 500 pence per share, the firms said on Sunday.
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A bidding consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to give some insight as to whether it will go ahead with a rival offer.
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India's biggest private steel firm Tata Steel confirmed that it was mulling a possible takeover of Anglo-Dutch steel giant Corus Group.
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The European Union on Thursday set a new deadline of Nov. 9 to conclude its antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s &#36;7.7 billion takeover bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.
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Attempts by competing Indian and Brazilian steelmakers to acquire the Anglo-Dutch steel producer Corus Group developed into a full-fledged bidding war today.
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Investors will eye the release next week of third-quarter results for Anglo-Dutch steel firm Corus as it faces rival takeover bids from Brazil's CSN and India's Tata Steel.
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BEA Systems made good Sunday on its promise to let a 5 p.m. Pacific Time&#160;deadline expire on Oracle&#39;s $17-per-share offer to buy the company.The enterprise software maker&#39;s board of directors had already said publicly that Oracle&#39;s bid, which amounts to $6.7 billion, was too low.&#160;BEA instead named a price of $21 per share, which works out to roughly $8.3 billion.Oracle issued a brief statement Sunday that was terse in tone, but nonetheless did not rule out a future bid: &quot;The BEA shareholders should not assume that Oracle will renew its $17 per share offer in the future. Over time many things can change: BEA&#39;s business might materially weaken, the stock market can fall further from its recent record highs, or Oracle may have committed its capital elsewhere.&quot;A BEA spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment.Oracle has coveted BEA&#39;s customer base and share of the middleware market, but company officials called BEA&#39;s demand &quot;impossibly high.&quot;While Oracle&#39;s next move remains to be seen, other companies may look to acquire BEA.Burc Oral, president of the New England BEA User Group, brought up some oft-mentioned names -- HP, S- but said perhaps an unlikely suitor will emerge for the firm. &quot;I have always thought that stackwise, HP is a good candidate. I was also thinking about a sleeping giant, like Computer Associates. They have no overlap.&quot;Of course, there is still the possibility that Oracle will end up buying BEA after all, and perhaps soon.BEA&#39;s largest shareholder, billionaire Carl Icahn, has demanded the board allow shareholders to consider Oracle&#39;s bid.Icahn, who holds more than 58 million shares of BEA stock, said in a statement that he has filed suit in Delaware to force an annual shareholder meeting &quot;before any scorched earth transactions (such as stock issuances, asset sales, acquisitions or similar occurrences) take place at BEA, other than transactions that are approved by shareholders.&quot;The investor also accused BEA&#39;s board of intending &quot;to find ways to derail a sale&quot; and maintain control of the company.Icahn said BEA can avoid litigation if it conducts an auction sale, allowing shareholders to consider offers from the highest bidder.An Oracle purchase would prompt an uncertain future for BEA customers, according to Oral.&quot;I think the support and maintenance will be honored for at least three years [if Oracle buys BEA],&quot; he said. &quot;The issue is, what is the product development that is going to happen?&quot;Change wouldn&#39;t occur immediately under Oracle, but would subsequently do so in dramatic fashion, he predicted. &quot;For a year, BEA is going to sail as it is. Then there is going to be a major consolidation in the product space.&quot;Prakash Malani, a BEA user from the Los Angeles, California area, said sale talks come at a time when BEA&#39;s fortunes are middling.&quot;I believe they have excellent products that compete very well in the market place. However, their products are being commoditized, innovation is slowing down, and their big bet on SOA [service-oriented architecture] has yet to be paid off,&quot; Malani wrote in an e-mail message. &quot;They have missed [the] mark on some technologies like RIA (Rich Internet Application) and their top talent is being poached by companies like Google.&quot;
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc  has  given potential suitors until the end of the week to express  interest in its 31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange  Group Plc  but has not yet received any offers, the Wall  Street Journal reported.
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Company said settlement for bid rigging claim likely this month, but says investigation is ongoing. NEW YORK  - Marsh &amp; McLennan Cos.
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Tata Steel of India has out-bid its Brazilian rival CSN in an auction to take over the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus with a bid of 608 pence per share, the Takeover Panel has said.
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By VAUGHAN, Gareth  AS MANY as 10 parties are expected to lodge indicative bids for Telecom's Yellow Pages directories business in time for today's deadline.   Australian telecommunications company Telstra and overseas private equity firms are set to feature.
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Business & money: Consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland is today expected to make a Â£49bn hostile takeover bid for the Dutch bank ABN Amro.
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Meeting on the deadline to submit bids to buy Grey Global Group, Havas&#39; board of directors Wednesday morning approved the recommendation of the Paris-based ad holding company&#39;s executive committee to make a play for Grey.
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Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus has urged Brazilian peer CSN to make a formal counter-offer following a bid from Tata Steel of India.
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LONDON/MUMBAI  - Brazilian steelmaker CSN  has agreed to buy Anglo-Dutch rival Corus Group  for 4.9 billion pounds ($9.6 billion) in cash, trumping an offer agreed only hours earlier with India's Tata Steel .
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A deadline on private bids for Northern Rock, the bank almost ruined by the squeeze on global credit, was to expire on Monday amid speculation that three proposals will be made to the board.