Analyst sees sweetened bid for MEC
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Frank Stronach&#39;s MI Developments Inc. will likely sweeten its $286-million (US) bid to buy out racetrack operator Magna Entertainment Corp.
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A veteran analyst provides some salient advice on getting the next big stock.
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Shares in media group Emap  jumped briefly on Monday on speculative interest as some investors took the view that a counter-bidder may pitch for the company's specialist publishing and conferences assets.
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A competing offer for banking giant ABN AMRO is sweetened, but not raised.
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A tiny deal may be a sign of grander ambitions for the security market.
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Masonite International, which has agreed to aC$3.1 billion ($2.5 billion) takeover offer from US buyout firm KKR, will likely draw competing bidders and a sweetened offer, analysts said on Thursday.
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SBC sees opportunity in buying AT&T -- a company with declining growth.
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Veteran financier Carl Icahn said he and a group of investors are willing to buy Mylan Laboratories Inc. for $20 per share, according to a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Multiple bids could drive the company's stock even higher.
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For some investors, today may seem like a discount day for shares of the coffee purveyor.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings  Inc.  plans to sweeten its bid for CBOT Holdings Inc.   by adding a special dividend for CBOT shareholders, the  Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe  Feb. 16--A major shareholder wants EMC Corp.
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(InfoWorld) - Google and Intel have already expressed interest in the forthcoming 700MHz spectrum auction. Now, speculators say Apple may throw its hat into the ring. TheÂ auctionÂ is creating a bit of a frenzy because the winner will obtain some of the last available prime spectrum, ideal for delivering broadband wireless Internet access. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expects to auction it off next year. While Google has said that it may bid in the auction, Apple's participation is pure speculation, and analysts appear split on whether it makes sense for theÂ iPhoneÂ maker to become a network operator. Apple's entry into the carrier business, while interesting to speculate, is difficult to imagine since the company already has a "sweetheart deal" with AT&T, said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst with Jupiter Research. In an unusual arrangement for the mobile industry, Apple is thought to receive a portion of the monthly service revenue that AT&T earns from iPhone customers. AT&T is the iPhone's exclusive carrier. Gartner analyst Van Baker finds it "highly unlikely" that Apple would be interested in buying the spectrum. "It's a very different business than they're in, and it's not something they have a whole lot of expertise in," he noted. Apple could decide to partner with another company that has more experience in the mobile operator business, which could make more sense, Baker said. Still, the arrangement between Apple and AT&T looks beneficial to both companies, so there probably isn't a significant incentive for Apple to want to change that setup, especially because the operator business comes with "lousy margins," he said. However, Apple might have at least one good reason for wanting to operate a network, said Avi Greengart, an analyst with Current Analysis. "They do like to control the end-to-end experience," he said. While becoming a mobile operator would be a "tremendous stretch" for Apple, it wouldn't surprise Greengart if Apple was considering it. An Apple network would likely be very tightly integrated with Apple products and come with very simple pricing, he said. Such a strategy could have a ripple effect across the industry. Operators tend to watch what competitors are doing and make adjustments to their own strategies accordingly, he said. Greengart and the others cautioned that they hadn't heard directly from the company or other sources that Apple was considering the auction. "But they're pretty good about being tight-lipped," Greengart said. Apple is known for being very secretive, with big announcements leaking out only days in advance, if ever. BusinessWeek first reported on the rumor that Apple might be interested in the spectrum auction.
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Telecom giant Verizon Communications Inc. has reportedly floated an informal buyout offer for MCI Corp., the long distance telephone company that has been awash in takeover speculation in the wake of regional phone company SBC Communications Inc.'s $16 billion deal for AT&T Corp.
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UK firm RMC, the world&#39;s biggest maker of ready-mixed concrete, is reportedly to get a takeover bid worth at least $4bn (Â£2.2bn) from Mexican group Cemex.
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CEO tells securities analysts that company is doing well, but still needs to reduce costs.