Goldcorp, Glamis forge $8.6 billion merger deal
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Canada's Goldcorp Inc. G.TO GG.N   said on Thursday it will acquire U.S.-based Glamis Gold Ltd.   GLG.TO GLG.N for about $8.6 billion in stock, a deal that   will catapult it firmly into the ranks of senior gold   producers.
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Merger proposals worth at least $82  billion were announced around the world on Sunday and Monday as  the record year for M&A Values continued apace.
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Australia's Qantas Airways  agreed on Thursday to a sweetened $8.7 billion buyout offer from a group led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group in the world's biggest airline takeover.
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Wall Street analysts were sent reeling by the surprise $11 billion (Â£6bn) merger of retailers Sears Roebuck and Kmart. The deal, which was unanimously approved by both companies
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British life insurers Resolution  and Friends Provident  confirmed on Monday that they are in advanced merger discussions that could lead to the creation of a group worth over 8 billion pounds ($16.4 billion).
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Goldcorp Inc., Canada&#39;s fourth- largest gold producer, has agreed to buy Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. for $1.8 billion in stock, giving Goldcorp its first assets outside of North America, Chief Executive Robert R. McEwen said.
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JOHANNESBURG (Dow Jones)--Consolidation in the gold mining sector was shaken awake Monday as Harmony Gold Mining Co. (HMY), the world&#39;s sixth-biggest producer by output, launched
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Wachovia Corp.'s  deal to buy A.G. Edwards Inc.  for $6.8 billion has put other independent brokerages in focus for possible takeovers.
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RENO-- Glamis Gold President and CEO Kevin McArthur said he is very happy that Toronto-based Goldcorp has agreed to let its shareholders decide whether to proceed with a proposed friendly merger with Wheaton River, or to consider a hostile
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NEW YORK - Goldcorp Inc. said Sunday it has agreed to buy its Canadian gold-mining competitor Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. for about $2 billion in stock.
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This week saw three merger deals worth about $60 billion--including one that ranks as the largest software merger in history.
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Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd., the biggest miner of South African gold, made an &#36;8.1 billion all-stock bid Monday to takeover competitor Gold Fields Ltd. &#151; on the condition that Gold Fields step away from its planned &#36;2.1 billion acquisition of Iamgold Corp.
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Harmony Gold Mining Co, South African gold firm, has made a $8.2 billion bid to acquire its much bigger rival -- Gold Fields. If the acquisition or the merger goes through, it would create the world&#39;s largest gold producing company.
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JOHANNESBURG (Dow Jones)--Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. (HMY) said in a statement Wednesday it has posted details of its proposed merger with Gold Fields Ltd.
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The Barrick Gold Corporation, the worldÂs biggest gold producer, extended its $1.71 billion hostile takeover bid for a rival, NovaGold Resources, until Dec. 6 after acquiring 13.2 million shares. That represented 12 percent of NovaGoldÂs 106.7 million shares outstanding. The bid of $16 a share remains Âthe best and final offer,Â Barrick said.
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Goldman Sachs and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts agreed to end their $8 billion buyout of Harman International, which makes speakers, and instead buy $400 million of the companyâs bonds.
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Both companies get shareholder nod for $11 billion merger intended to improve efficiencies, competitive muscle.