Rio Tinto again rejects BHP Billiton offer in shareholder letter
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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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Gold Fields Ltd. rejected an $8.1 billion takeover bid by smaller rival Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd. as inadequate on Monday, despite the support of its largest stakeholder.
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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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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) remains in the hunt for WMC Resources Ltd. (WMC) with an internal team assessing its options for making a counter offer to Xstrata PLC&#39;s (XTA.
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Chemicals group Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) said on Monday that it had rejected a takeover offer of 7.2 billion pounds from Dutch rival Akzo Nobel.
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Inco Ltd.  on Tuesday urged  shareholders to reject a C$19.35-billion ($17.4 billion)  all-cash offer from Brazilian firm Companhia Vale do Rio Doce.  (VALE5.SA) , and said it still backed a friendly offer  from U.S.-based Phelps Dodge Corp. .
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BHP Billiton sweetened its hostile takeover bid for Rio Tinto on Wednesday by lifting its valuation of the mining giant to 147.4 billion dollars as it seeks to exploit a resources boom driven by China.
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MELBOURNE - Australian nickel and copper miner WMC Resources rejected aA$7,4bn takeover bid from Xstrata, but left the door open for a higher offer, which sent its shares soaring.
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Business software maker  PeopleSoft Inc. on Saturday said its board again rejected  Oracle Corp.'s $9.2 billion tender offer, remaining defiant a  day after most of its shares were tendered to Oracle.
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PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O on  Wednesday said its board had again unanimously rejected Oracle  Corp.'s ORCL.O $8.8 billion hostile tender offer, and Oracle  immediately appealed to PeopleSoft's shareholders, saying it  would leave the decision up to them.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton says it is offering to buy rival Rio Tinto in a deal worth about Â£75bn.
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Australian nickel and copper miner WMC Resources Ltd (WMR.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) rejected aA$7.4 billion ($5.5 billion) takeover bid
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Miner Xstrata  has rejected a  cash-and-shares takeover approach from Brazil's Vale (VALE5.SA)  pitched at just under 40 pounds a share, or 39 billion pounds  ($76 billion), the Financial Times said.
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Business software maker  PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O said on Saturday that its board again  rejected Oracle Corp.'s ORCL.O $9.2 billion tender offer,  remaining defiant a day after most of its shares were tendered  to Oracle.
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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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The London Stock Exchange said it had rejected a Â£1.3bn takeover bid from Deutsche Boerse but held the door open to talks that could result in a deal with the German exchange.
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PeopleSoft&#39;s board of directors is refusing yet again to entertain Oracle&#39;s all-cash tender offer, according to a news release issued by Oracle on Wednesday afternoon.