Smithfield says would consider buying Oscar Mayer
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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA  - U.S. meat company Smithfield   Foods Inc. SFD.N would be interested in the Oscar Mayer meat   unit of Kraft Foods Inc. if it became available, but the price   may be too high, a top Smithfield executive told Reuters on   Wednesday.
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A group led by Penn National Gaming Inc.  and hedge fund D.E. Shaw is considering making a cash and stock offer for casino company Harrah's Entertainment Inc. , a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 12  - The Los Angeles developer Lewis Wolff, who has an option to buy the Oakland Athletics, met with baseball's ownership committee Wednesday.
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Harmony Gold Mining Corp. (HARJ.J: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday that if Gold Fields Ltd. (GFIJ.J: Quote, Profile, Research) shareholders approve a proposed deal with Iamgold Corp.
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Liverpool Football Club may receive its third offer of investment in six months after a Hollywood producer said he is considering a bid for English soccer&#39;s most successful team.
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etro-Goldwyn-Mayer is considering accepting a buyout offer well below the $5 billion price tag originally estimated when word first surfaced about a possible sale, executives close to the negotiations said yesterday.
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Warner Music Group  is  considering making a bid approach for the music publishing arm  of Britain&#39;s Chrysalis , newspapers said on Sunday.
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PHILADELPHIA/LOS ANGELES  - A group headed by Sony  Corp. of America on Monday agreed to buy Hollywood film studio  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for about $2.85 billion in cash to mine  MGM's lucrative library for the booming DVD market.
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Reports say No. 1 food company may divest Oscar Mayer, Post cereal lines and candy units. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Kraft Foods may put its well-known Oscar Mayer, Post cereal and Altoids brands up for sale as the No.
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US food giant Kraft Foods is reported to be considering the sale of its Altoids breath mints and Life Savers confectionery brands.
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ServiceMaster Co. , the U.S. lawncare company that put itself up for sale last year, is drawing interest from at least two buyout groups that may bid more than $4 billion, four people with knowledge of the discussions said, according to a report on Bloomberg News.
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Former EMI Group Chief Executive Jim  Fifield is still working on a deal to buy the company despite  his reported financial backer, Corvus Capital, pulling out, the  New York Post said on its Web site.
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Los Angeles developer Lewis Wolff, who has an option to buy the Athletics, wants to get a baseball-only stadium in Oakland instead of moving the team to San Jose.
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Warner Music Group  is considering making a bid approach for the music publishing arm of Britain's Chrysalis , newspapers said on Sunday.
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Bank of America said to be in talks to buy beleaguered lender Countrywide Financial.
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NEW YORK -- Warner Music Group is "actively" considering making a new offer to buy rival EMI Group, which accepted a buyout bid for $4.8 billion from Terra Firma Capital Partners last month.
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The board of mall owner Mills Corp.   will weigh a $1.56 billion takeover offer from Simon  Property Group Inc.  and Farallon Capital Management,  but its deal with Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (BAMa.TO)  remained intact, Mills said on Tuesday.