China denies legal challenge to BHP bid for Rio
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China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday  denied the Chinese government would mount a legal challenge  against BHP Billiton's  proposal to take over rival  Australian miner Rio Tinto .
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Chinese officials have denied that criticism of US President George W. Bush published in state media Monday reflected the official government position.
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Australian prospector Midwest Corp   rejected a $1 billion-plus takeover proposal from its  major shareholder, the Chinese commodities trader Sinosteel,  emboldened by another big hike in iron ore prices this year.
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BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  , the world's No.1 miner, formally launched a $147.4 billion takeover bid on Wednesday for rival Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc .
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Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco) sought to douse speculation on Monday that it was preparing to mount a counter bid to BHP Billiton  for Rio Tinto , saying it was happy to stick with the $14 billion stake it bought last week.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto said Wednesday that it had rejected a 147.4-billion-dollar (100.9-billion-euro) takeover bid from peer BHP Billiton.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao has refuted any suggestion that Beijing was developing a neo-colonialist relationship with Africa in its drive to gain access to the continent's natural resources.
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A Beijing court has rejected&#160;Yahoo China&#39;s appeal&#160;against a fine of 210,000 yuan ($28,400) for infringing a 2006 copyright law.
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Beijing denies a BBC report that organs from executed prisoners are being sold for transplant.
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Business & money: Rio Tinto has wasted no time in rejecting the advances of BHP Billiton a second time
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A Chinese court has rejected a woman's   claims for compensation for her sex life, which was ruined when   her husband was injured in an accident, the Shanghai Daily   reported on Thursday.
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Mining firm Rio Tinto rejects a $147bn hostile takeover offer from rival BHP Billiton.
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Chinese authorities on Saturday again declined to set out a time-table to make their currency more flexible on the world's money markets and said they had not come under international pressure to revalue the yuan.
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A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing a Canadian mining company of polluting the Columbia River with heavy metals for decades.
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Gold Fields Ltd. said Friday that a South Africa&#39;s Competition Appeal Court has temporarily blocked a hostile takeover bid from Harmony Gold Mining Co.
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Mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd.    is not currently working on a bid for U.S.  aluminum producer Alcoa Inc , a source close to the  matter said on Tuesday, playing down a newspaper report.
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China defended its policies in Darfur on Thursday and rejected attempts to link the humanitarian crisis to the Beijing Olympics, a day after Steven Spielberg said his conscience would not allow him to continue working as an adviser to the event.