Resolution, Friends Provident confirm merger talks
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British life insurers Resolution   and Friends Provident  confirmed on Monday that they are  in advanced merger discussions that could lead to the creation  of a group worth over 8 billion pounds ($16.4 billion).
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Goldcorp and Glamis Gold agreed to a friendly merger worth about $21.3 billion.
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Harman International has reached a compromise with a pair of buyout firms that will allow them to terminate a planned takeover of the company in return for a $400 million investment -- avoiding litigation that both sides viewed as too costly.
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Verizon Communications has reportedly gained the backing of its wireless partner, Vodafone Group, for a potential bid for Sprint Corp, clearing a major hurdle to such a deal.
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Business & money: Â· Business reborn after new stock offer accepted  Â· Debt halved as vote ends difficult chapter for firm
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Management and unions at Deutsche Telekom reached a compromise deal on Wednesday, ending their dispute -- and six weeks of strikes -- over a radical shake-up of the German telecom giant&#39;s services division.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Coles Myer Ltd. (CM) and Macquarie Bank Ltd. (MBL.AU) were Wednesday night close to finalizing a fresh bid for pubs and liquor group Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group Ltd.
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British insurer Resolution PLC recommended shareholders accept a $10 billion offer from rival Standard Life on Friday and backed away from its proposed takeover of Friends Provident.
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Friends Provident shares rise after US private equity firm JC Flowers says it is considering bidding for the insurer.
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First Choice Holidays confirms it is in talks over the possible sale of its package holiday business, following weekend reports.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News reached a tentative contract agreement Tuesday with their largest union.
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KKR, the private equity firm buying Alliance Boots, reaches a deal with the chemist's pension trustees.
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Shareholders of telecoms equipment providers Alcatel and Lucent approve their planned $10.7bn merger.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and advisers for Dow Jones and its controlling Bancroft family were close last night to agreeing on terms designed to ensure The Wall Street Journal's editorial independence if the company accepts a takeover bid from Murdoch, according to several people briefed on the talks.
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The UK's two biggest co-operatives agree terms of a merger that would form the world's largest such group.
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EU antitrust regulators gave the green light Monday to a merger of Britain&#39;s Automobile Association with travel and insurance firm Saga after determining that the deal would not stifle competition.
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Investors approved a merger between the three Deutsche property trusts to form a $3 billion group, in one of the latest examples of consolidation in the listed property sector.