Woolworths shares up on bid talk
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Retailer Woolworths sees its shares rise more than 20% after private equity group Apax says it is considering a takeover bid.
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Alcan Inc.  shares rose 6  percent on Wednesday on speculation a counter offer could  emerge to Alcoa Inc.&#39;s  $28.4 billion hostile bid for the  big Canadian aluminum maker.
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Shares in UK banking group Barclays rise on Monday after a weekend press report said it had held merger talks with Wells Fargo.
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Shares of Macy&#39;s Inc.  rose on  Friday amid speculation that the retailer was ripe for a  takeover.
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TORONTO - Shares of Husky Energy Inc. rose more than four per cent on Friday amid talk of a takeover of the Calgary-based oil company by the Chinese government.
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SYDNEY: Australia&#39;s biggest supermarket operator Woolworths Ltd said yesterday it sees its liquor sales this financial year rising to $A3.5 billion, including its recent acquisition in Queensland, from $A2.1 billion in fiscal 2004.
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Shares in Britain's EMI  rose on  Thursday following a media report that it was in talks with a  number of private equity firms over potential alternatives to a  takeover approach from Warner Music .
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Stocks rose on Tuesday, with the Dow industrials leading the gains, amid speculation that aluminum maker Alcoa Inc.  may be the subject of international takeover bids.
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Multiple bids could drive the company's stock even higher.
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WOOLWORTHS has triumphed in a protracted two-way takeover battle for Australian Leisure and Hospitality after securing enough shares to discourage rival Coles Myer from making a seventh increase in the bid price for the pubs and pokies group.
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Alcoa Inc.'s  shares jumped nearly 3 percent to a six-year-high on Monday on renewed speculation that mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd.   has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of the U.S. aluminum company.
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Shares in sportswear firm Umbro rise 28% after it received a bid approach from an unidentified suitor.
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A successful bidder for Manchester United could have to pay more than 300p a share, City sources suggested yesterday. The stock rose 13.
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Stocks were poised to open higher on Monday, boosted by deal news including a report that BHP Billiton has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. .
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Shares of Alcan Inc. rose after reports of possible takeover offers from Norsk Hydro ASA and Rio Tinto Group raised expectations of a bidding war with Alcoa Inc. for the Canadian aluminum producer.
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Stock futures rose on Monday, boosted  by a flurry of deal news including a report that BHP Billiton  has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of aluminum  producer Alcoa Inc. .
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The Woolworths, Foodtown and Countdown supermarkets will be listed on the sharemarket if Australia&#39;s Metcash gets its way. Metcash, a liquor and grocery wholesaler, yesterday bid A$846 million