Update 1: Harmony Shareholders Approve New Shares
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Shareholders of Harmony Gold Mining Co. on Friday overwhelmingly approved issuing new shares to fund the company&#39;s hostile takeover bid for Gold Fields Ltd.
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Corus shareholders on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed a takeover of the Anglo-Dutch steel group by Tata Steel of India, as 97 percent of voters approved a deal worth 7 billion pounds.
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JOHANNESBURG (Dow Jones)--Consolidation in the gold mining sector was shaken awake Monday as Harmony Gold Mining Co. (HMY), the world&#39;s sixth-biggest producer by output, launched
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The company's shares have recovered from legal settlement sticker shock.
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Shareholders of telecoms equipment providers Alcatel and Lucent approve their planned $10.7bn merger.
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Claire&#39;s Stores Inc.  said on  Thursday an overwhelming majority of its shareholders voted to  approve the merger agreement with an affiliate of Apollo  Management LP.
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The Motley Fool - Here's something you don't see every day -- the continuing brouhaha between Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL - News) and PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT - News) being a notable exception. South Africa's Harmony Gold Mining Company (NYSE: HMY - News) has announced a hostile takeover bid to acquire fellow South African miner Gold Fields Limited (NYSE: GFI - News). The transaction, if it takes place, would be an all-stock acquisition, with Harmony issuing 1.275 new shares in payment for each share of Gold Fields. The deal would value Gold Fields at more than &#36;8 billion. ...
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A LANDSLIDE shareholder vote backing News Corporation&#39;s move to the US sent shares in the media group up 3.1 per cent yesterday.
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Fannie Mae on Thursday said its regulator approved a dividend payment on its preferred stock that could help shore up the mortgage giant&#39;s capital levels.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Gold Fields (GFI) said Friday it welcomed a decision by a South African appeals court that Harmony Gold Mining (HMY) cannot exercise any voting rights from Gold Fields shares it may acquire from its early settlement offer until
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Harmony Gold, which has managed to acquire only 10,8% of Gold Fields in the first stage of its hostile take-over bid, put a brave face on its offer yesterday, saying it would immediately launch the second part of its offer for the remaining shares.
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Harmony Gold Mining Co. (HMY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) (HARJ.J: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday said Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.
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Shares in Manchester United rally on Monday as the club confirms it has received a takeover approach.
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Shareholders in Abbey National PLC voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve the bank&#39;s acquisition by Santander Central Hispano of Spain.
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The SEC approves ticker rules to increase competition and reduce confusion.
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The score is now two out of two for Harmony Gold in its hostile bid for Gold Fields after the Securities Regulation Panel and the Johannesburg high court last week handed down judgments favourable
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The latest monthly data has carriers' shares lifting higher.