Genesco rejects new Foot Locker bid
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Shoe and hat retailer Genesco Inc.  said on Thursday that it rejected a sweetened takeover bid of  $1.2 billion from rival Foot Locker Inc.  and hired  Goldman Sachs Group  to help it explore strategic  options, including a possible sale of the company.
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The board of PeopleSoft Inc. yesterday rejected Oracle Corp.&#39;s $24-a-share hostile takeover bid as too cheap, but said it was open to a deal at a higher price.
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The chief executive of WMC Resources has denied the company&#39;s share buyback and the sale of part of its business is designed to undermine a takeover offer from Swiss-based Xstrata.
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THE board of Dexia, the Franco-Belgian bank, yesterday unanimously rejected a proposed â¬37 billion (Â£26 billion) merger with Italyâs Sanpaolo, bringing an end to what would have been Europeâs biggest cross-border bank deal.
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Trucking company Swift Transportation Co. Inc.  said on Monday it rejected a $2.2 billion buyout proposal from former Chief Executive Jerry Moyes, but added it is willing to discuss higher bids.
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Gateway has rejected an offer to sell its retail arm to the California man who founded the company's eMachines line.
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The London Stock Exchange today rejected a Â£1.35bn takeover approach from German rival Deutsche BÃ¶rse, but held open the prospect of further talks.
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SYDNEY: Directors of Australian mining giant WMC Resources Ltd. have rejected a renewed A$7.4b (US$5.7b) takeover offer from British-Swiss Xstrata Plc.
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Authorities on Tuesday spurned a new bid by an anti-war group to stage the biggest rally of the Republican convention in Central Park after activists rejected a site chosen by New York police.
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Australian mining group WMC Resources Ltd has formally rejected a 7.4 billion dollar (5.73 billion US) takeover bid by Swiss-based Xstrata Plc, using an independent report to back its view the offer was neither fair or reasonable.
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The Swedish truck maker Scania and its two largest shareholders rejected a takeover bid from a German rival, MAN A.G.
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NEW YORK, October 19  - Gold Fields Limited (GFI.NYS) has rejected Harmony Gold Mining Company&#39;s recently announced takeover bid through an all-stock deal valued at about $8.
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Peoplesoft rejects a takeover bid from rival Oracle for the sixth time in the last 18 months calling the offer "inadequate".
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IRVINE, Calif.   - Gateway Inc., the third-largest personal computer company in the United States, said yesterday that it rejected an unsolicited $450-million bid for its retail business from eMachines Inc. founder Lap Shun Hui.   Gateway said the Aug.
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Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata has rejected an informal takeover approach from Brazilian peer Vale worth 76 billion dollars, a deal that would create the world's biggest mining company, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.
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Britain's Cadbury Schweppes Plc  rejected a private equity bid for its North American drinks unit over the terms rather than price after it was asked to finance a third of the deal, industry sources said on Friday.
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Exchange group Euronext is reported to be ready to bid for the London Stock Exchange, which rejected a German offer last week.