Huntsman Corp. Eyeing Clariant and Ciba
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By Antonio Ligi and Choy Leng Yeong Bloomberg News  Shares of Clariant AG, the world's second-largest maker of specialty chemicals, and Ciba Specialty Chemicals AG surged after Handelszeitung reported that Huntsman Corp. considers both companies takeover candidates.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 9  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Huntsman Corporation  broke ground today for its previously announced 100 million pound/year maleic anhydride plant at Geismar, LA.
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Huntsman, which calls itself the world&#39;s largest privately held chemical company, on Monday announced an initial public offering and said it will use the proceeds to reduce debt.
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Dow Jones & Co. , in talks for a  takeover by News Corp. (NWSa.N), met with supermarket magnate  Ron Burkle and Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan on Tuesday  in an effort to find an alternative offer, a source familiar  with the situation said.
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Business Objects  , a French-American business intelligence software maker, is looking for a buyer and has appointed Goldman Sachs to find an investor, Le Figaro newspaper said.
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CINCINNATI -- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, known for challenging the management of various corporations, wants to acquire up to $500 million worth of additional shares of Federated Department Stores Inc. , the operator of Macy's and Bloomingdale's said yesterday .
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The German and French financial watchdogs said on Thursday they were looking into recent trading by US financial services group Citigroup (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) in European government bond and derivative markets.
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Apollo Management raised its offer for  chemical company Huntsman Corp.  by 2.8 percent to $6.5  billion on Monday, widening the premium over rival suitor  Basell.
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Chemicals maker Huntsman Corp.   said on Thursday it agreed to be bought for $6.5 billion by  Apollo Management&#39;s Hexion Specialty Chemicals, which trumped  an earlier bid for the U.S. company by rival Basell .
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Huntsman Corp. agreed to be acquired by Apollo Management LP, the buyout firm run by Leon Black, for $6.54 billion, canceling a planned merger with Access Industries Holdings LLC's chemical unit.
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Dow Jones & Company board members met with Ronald W. Burkle and Brad Greenspan, who are interested in buying a piece of the company.
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Huntsman Corp., one of the world&#39;s largest chemical makers, on Wednesday said it plans to sell about $1.6 billion of its common shares in an initial public offering, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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News Corp.'s (NWSa.N) Rupert Murdoch  said the company is interested in working with the Chandler  family in its bid to purchase Tribune Co.  assets.
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Apollo Management LPâs Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc. said Monday it raised its rival takeover bid for chemical company Huntsman Corp. to about $6.2 billion.
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Citigroup Inc. C.N is in talks to   buy the non-energy related assets of Amaranth Advisors LLC, the   hedge fund manager that disclosed billions of dollars in losses   in energy trades, a person close to the situation said on   Wednesday.
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Goldman Sachs (GS) and private equity company Carlyle Group are considering a GBP1.6 billion-plus counter offer to halt the sale of Northern Ireland pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott (WCRX, WCRX.
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LaBranche & Co. Inc. , which runs one of the largest specialist trading operations on the New York Stock Exchange floor, may consider selling all or part of itself, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday.