BHP Billiton raises Rio Tinto takeover bid
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BHP Billiton sweetened its bid for Rio Tinto Wednesday, lifting its valuation of the mining giant to 147.4 billion dollars as it presses for a mega-takeover to exploit a resources boom driven by China.
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The chairman of mining company Rio  Tinto Ltd/Plc  wrote to shareholders on Sunday,  urging them to take no action on a bid for the company by rival  miner BHP Billiton .
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Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc , fighting a takeover approach from rival BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  and scurrying to capture more of the global commodities boom, churned out record tonnages of iron ore, copper and other industrial minerals in 2007.
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BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  ,  the world&#39;s biggest miner, is in talks with private equity  firms to team up for a possible $40 billion bid for U.S.  aluminum company Alcoa Inc , the Times said on Tuesday.
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LONDON/SYDNEY  - BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  , the world's biggest miner, is in talks with private equity firms to team up for a possible $40 billion bid for U.S. aluminum company Alcoa Inc , the Times said on Tuesday.
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LONDON/BEIJING  - China has muscled in on miner BHP Billiton's  attempts to buy rival Rio Tinto , with its biggest aluminum producer teaming up with U.S. group Alcoa  to buy a 12 percent stake in Rio.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto on Thursday reiterated its opposition to a takeover proposal from BHP Billiton in a letter to shareholders outlining latest developments in the bid.
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Business & money: Rio Tinto strengthens claim that its rival BHP Biliton's hostile bid is undervalued
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Business & money: BHP raises shares offer to Â£70bn mega deal, but China and Australia may fight potential monopoly
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SYDNEY: Australia&#39;s BHP Billiton the world&#39;s biggest miner, said yesterday that China is likely to be a catalyst for an extended price rise in metals.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has announced a 43 percent jump in in full-year net profit to a record 7.44 billion US dollars and forecast continued strong demand for commodities.
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The board of the mining company said BHP Billitonâs improved takeover offer of about $147 billion still undervalues the company significantly.
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U.S. coal firm Peabody Energy  Corp.  raised its bid for Australia's Excel Coal Ltd.   by nearly 12 percent to A$2 billion, but speculation  about a rival offer pushed Excel shares above Peabody's new  offer price.
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MELBOURNE/SYDNEY  - Rio Tinto's   shares surged on Wednesday amid market talk that an improved offer had prompted the firm to open its books to suitor BHP Billiton   and media reports which said Rio had signaled a price at which it would sell out.
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Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , in the midst of a hostile takeover attempt of rival PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , on Monday raised its offer
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Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton say it has made an offer to buy its rival Rio Tinto.
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Oracle yesterday raised its hostile takeover offer for rival software company PeopleSoft by 14%, to $8.8bn (Â£4.37bn), and for the first time set a deadline for acceptance of the bid.