Resolution, Stan Life talk as bid deadline looms
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British insurer Resolution  remained locked in talks with suitor Standard Life  on Friday over a possible 4.9 billion pound ($10.05 billion) takeover as a key midday bid deadline looms.
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A deadline on private bids for Northern Rock, the bank almost ruined by the squeeze on global credit, was to expire on Monday amid speculation that three proposals will be made to the board.
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Business & money: Cable company says it has received a takeover bid and is considering potential sale.
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Multiplex Group, Westfield Group and the billionaire brothers Simon and David Reuben lodged a formal 585 million-pound ($1.05 billion) cash offer for Chelsfield Plc, meeting a deadline to win support from the company&#39;s owners.
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Nasdaq Stock Market  is flexible about extending its initial Friday deadline for receiving expressions of interest from potential buyers of its 31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange , a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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The frenzied share buying has fueled speculation that Glazer is close to launching a full-blown bid for the 126-year old soccer club despite having a bid approach rebuffed by the club&#39;s biggest shareholders last week.
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The buyout for the ice manufacturer is on the rocks.
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The newspaper publisher Pulitzer is considering whether to sell, which could attract bids of up to $1.5 billion, bankers close to the negotiations said over the weekend.
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Resolution and Friends Provident may look to combine and create a company with a market value of about Â£8.3 billion, or $17.1 billion.
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Offer made at talks aimed at resolving election crisis which so far has cost 1,000 lives
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Interflora stakeholders are meeting to decide whether to accept a buyout offer from investment group 3i.
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The owners of Fan Pier reached out to one of the losing bidders for the property over the last week to see whether the firm was still interested in the land, in case the winning team led by Lennar Corp. doesn't close the deal.
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By Josh Stockinger Daily Herald Staff Writer  St. Charles officials have set a March 9 deadline to negotiate the sale of an east-side property before considering taking it by eminent domain, Mayor Don DeWitte said Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- As the deadline for what Oracle Corp. has called its &quot;best and final&quot; offer for PeopleSoft Inc. looms, two of the unwilling takeover target&#39;s top shareholders were split Tuesday on whether to back the $9.2 billion bid.
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Business & money: Takeover battle looms after investment fund backed by government of Qatar confirms it is considering a Â£12bn bid for the supermarket chain.
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PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, Oct 20  (IPS) - Including the so-called new generation or Singapore  issues in the economic partnership agreements (EPAs) will make  the conclusion of the deals unlikely by the December 31 deadline.
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Dow board takes over talks with Murdoch, implying a resolution to his $5B bid will come soon.