Coles bid consortium says CVC exits group
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Global private equity group CVC  has pulled out of a consortium eyeing a bid for Australia's Coles Group Ltd.  after going through the retailers' books, the buyout group said Monday.
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Australia&#39;s second largest retailer Coles said Monday it had agreed to a 22 billion dollar (18.7 billion US) buyout offer from conglomerate Wesfarmers, the largest corporate deal in Australian history.
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Coles Myer, the countryâs second-largest retailer, put itself up for sale, four months after rejecting a buyout offer of 18.2 billion Australian dollars ($14.4 billion) led by the equity firm Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Company. The chief executive, John Fletcher, will oversee a review of the company after receiving a number of approaches, Coles said.
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By WOOD, Alan  The independent directors of Open Country Cheese Company (OCCC) have sold shares to Singaporean investors, after telling OCCC shareholders not to accept an offer from a New Zealand group.
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COLES Myer will belatedly enter the takeover contest for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality today with a bid that will trump arch-rival Woolworths.
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Williams Cos. announced Thursday that it is abandoning efforts to sell its energy trading business, the once high-flying unit whose collapse nearly led to the company&#39;s insolvency.
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The move is only the latest management shakeup at the lender since its proposed buyout began collapsing over the summer.
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COLES Myer Ltd chief executive Mr John Fletcher yesterday said he was interested in branching out from the retail business into financial planning services for the groups customers.
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Utility firm AWG has said it had agreed a consortium takeover worth 2.213 billion pounds (3.272 billion euros, 4.145 billion dollars) -- but has also received approaches from other bidders.
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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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Australia &amp; New Zealand Banking Group said today it would transfer most of its London-based project finance business to Standard Chartered.
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Buyout firm Blackstone Group   has become the latest to pull out of a consortium  bidding for Australian retailer Coles Group Ltd. , a  source said, further boosting the prospects of rival suitor  Wesfarmers Ltd.
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Private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR)  said on Monday it had withdrawn from a consortium looking at bidding for Australian retailer Coles Group Ltd. .
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The chief executive of the UK&#39;s largest insurance broker quit yesterday after announcing a surprise profit warning which sent its shares to a four-year low.
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The chief exec of SCO will leave once it reorganizes through a deal with Stephen Norris & Co. Capital Partners.
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Private equity groups CVC Capital Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Blackstone have said they were mulling a takeover of J Sainsbury, the third-biggest biggest supermarket chain in the UK.
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Trading in the shares of Australian  retailer Coles Group Ltd.  and conglomerate Wesfarmers  Ltd.  was halted on Monday for talks on a bid by  Wesfarmers for Coles that could be worth up to A$20.7 billion  ($17.7 billion).