CME ups CBOT bid, gets nod from top shareholder
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.  said on Friday it increased its takeover offer for CBOT Holdings Inc. , winning the support of Caledonia Investments Pty. Ltd., CBOT's biggest shareholder.
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The latest monthly data has carriers' shares lifting higher.
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Bear Stearns shares rose 7.7 percent yesterday on speculation that investors including Warren E. Buffett may buy all or part of the company.
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BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications group, on Saturday accepted a C$51.7 billion ($48.5 billion) offer from a group including the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, and said it would be the largest buyout in Canadian corporate history.
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Mortgage insurers' shares rose on Wednesday as investors saw them benefiting from regulatory moves that will boost their business.
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Comcast&#39;s (CMCSA:Nasdaq - news - research) shares jumped 2% Tuesday on news that Warren Buffett had feasted on its shares.
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Shares of media company CNET  Networks Inc , currently battling dissident  shareholders who want to expand its board, soared more than 7  percent on Friday, on speculation that Google Inc   might be interested in acquiring a stake in it.
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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - Shares of Trump Casinos climbed almost two bits - or better than 40 percent - at one point Thursday after it unveiled yet another plan to keep its head above water.
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Circuit City Stores Inc. CC.N on  Tuesday said it received an unsolicited takeover bid valuing  the struggling electronics retailer at $3.25 billion, and its  shares rose above the offer price, indicating expectations of a  better offer.
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U.S. investors Carl Icahn and Warren  Lichtenstein are preparing a tender offer for KT&amp;G Corp. , a  South Korean brokerage said, sending shares of the country&#039;s  top tobacco maker up over 6 percent on Friday.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings raised its bid for CBOT Holdings, parent of the Chicago Board of Trade, for the second time in five weeks, adding a $485 million dividend to its earlier $10.19 billion proposal.
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Stocks ended higher on Monday,  lifted  by a flurry of deals, such as Citigroup Inc.'s C.N plans to  sell its Travelers insurance unit, and relief that elections in  Iraq proceeded with less bloodshed than expected.
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Blackstone Group LP, manager of the world's second-largest buyout fund, moved up its much-hyped $4.75 billion initial public offering to this week amid growing scrutiny of the firm on Capitol Hill and in the media.
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IntercontinentalExchange Inc.   may have helped its bid for CBOT Holdings  by reaching  an agreement aimed at resolving a dispute between CBOT and the  Chicago Board Options Exchange, The Wall Street Journal  reported on its Web site on Wednesday.
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Shares of MarketWatch Inc. rose nearly 7% after Dow Jones &amp; Co. announced it would buy the parent of financial news site CBS MarketWatch for $519 million in cash.
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Shareholders of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc  and CBOT Holdings Inc  voted on Monday to merge the two largest U.S. futures exchanges under one roof.
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CBOT Holdings Inc. shareholders approved the $11.3 billion merger agreement with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. , ending a three-month battle to create the world's largest futures exchange.