Peabody raises bid for Australia's Excel
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SYDNEY/NEW YORK  - U.S. coal firm Peabody Energy   Corp. BTU.N raised its bid for Australia's Excel Coal Ltd.   EXL.AX by nearly 12 percent to A$2 billion, but speculation   about a rival offer pushed Excel shares above Peabody's new   offer price.
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Speculation of a bidding war drove   the shares in Australia's Vision Systems Ltd. VSL.AX up well   above the most recent offer on Wednesday, as a third company   said it was looking at buying the diagnostics firm.
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Profits at Australian mining firm WMC Resources rise fivefold as reports say the government is opposed to a bid from a Swiss firm.
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Australia&#39;s largest retailer Woolworths said Monday it would make an offer for some of the non-supermarket businesses of its biggest rival, Coles, which has put itself up for auction.
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Shares of Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group, the nation&#39;s biggest pubs owner, may rise after Coles Myer Ltd. increased its takeover offer to A$1.
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Storage and delivery firm Excel sees its shares climb 9% on speculation it is to receive an imminent takeover bid.
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A consortium led by Pallinghurst Resources has raised its takeover offer for Australian mining firm Consolidated Minerals Ltd. , valuing it at A$642 million ($544 million) and winning the support of Consolidated's board.
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Australia's Healthscope Ltd.  launched a A$2.86 billion ($2.34 billion) takeover offer for larger rival Symbion Health Ltd.  on Tuesday, backed by private equity firms Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Australian companies The Westfield Group and Multiplex, as well as the Reuben brothers said they will bid 585 million pounds ($1.
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Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd. on Monday offered 21.9 billion Australian dollars, or $18.6 billion, for retailer Coles Group Ltd. &#151; the largest takeover bid in Australian corporate history.
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Blackstone Group  raised its bid for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $23 billion in cash on Tuesday after rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  sweetened its own offer in the latest round of the fight to control the top U.S. office landlord.
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Swiss mining group Xstrata PLC Monday launched a hostile 7.4 billion Australian dollar (US$5.8 billion; euro4.4 billion) bid for uranium and copper miner WMC Resources LTD, increasing pressure on the independent Australian miner.
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Copper producer Antofagasta makes a $400m offer for Australian business Equatorial Mining, sparking a bid battle.
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WMC currently is fending off a AU$7.4 billion takeover bid by Switzerland-based Xstrata PLC. The mining company upgraded its earnings forecast to around $1.3 billion for the calendar year, above analysts&#39; expectations.
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Multiple bids could drive the company's stock even higher.
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Woolworths Ltd., Australia&#39;s biggest grocer, may be drawn into a bidding war for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group, after US buyout firm Newbridge Capital made aA$1.
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Qantas Airways Ltd. , Australia's top airline, is expected to announce a takeover offer of around A$10.9 billion (US$8.55 billion) from a consortium led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  this week, possibly as early as Wednesday, sources said.