Express plans $26 bln bid for Caremark: reports
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U.S. pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc.  is preparing a $26 billion bid for rival Caremark RX , topping an offer made last month by drugstore chain CVS Corp. , newspaper reports said on Monday.
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MELBOURNE: Australian pathology company Gribbles Group said on Monday it had received takeover approaches, after a newspaper reported that health care groups had offered up to A$270 million ($200 million).
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The Dutch navigation systems company said it plans to make a cash offer of 21.25 euro per share for digital map supplier Tele Atlas, valuing the company at 2 billion euros ($2.76 billion).
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Pharmacy-benefit manager Express Scripts launched an unsolicited $26 billion bid Monday to acquire its larger competitor Caremark Rx, potentially scuttling a competing offer from the CVS drug store chain. The deal, if approved, may help cut drug prices for consumers.
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Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis said on Friday it recommended that shareholders of Caremark Rx Inc.  rejected the planned $24 billion takeover by drug-store chain CVS Corp.
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Lufthansa is in talks to buy a stake of  just under 25 percent in JetBlue Airways , The New York  Times reported on its blog DealBook on Thursday.
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The Dutch navigation systems company said it plans to make a cash offer of 21.25 euros per share for digital map supplier Tele Atlas, valuing the company at 2 billion euros ($2.76 billion).
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Lufthansa is in talks to buy a stake of just under 25 percent in JetBlue Airways , The New York Times reported on its blog DealBook on Thursday.
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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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The Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion in cash.
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CVS Corp.  filed a registration for its proposed acquisition of Caremark Rx Inc.  on Tuesday, a day after pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc.  swooped in with a higher offer.
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NASHVILLE, Feb. 12  â Two more investment advisory firms recommended Monday that shareholders of Caremark Rx reject a buyout offer from the drugstore operator CVS Corporation when it comes up for a vote next week.
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The Netherlands-based Corporate Express rejected an unsolicited $3.67 billion buyout offer from Staples as too low, but some analysts expect an eventual agreement.
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Telecom Italia will use cash for a larger-than-expected chunk of a 20 billion-euro ($26.69 billion) buyout of mobile unit TIM it is likely to announce on Tuesday, a source close to the deal told Reuters.
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Nasdaq  may sell its stake in the London Stock Exchange  to Borse Dubai and make a joint bid with the Gulf exchange for Nordic exchange owner OMX , The Daily Telegraph said on Monday.
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CVS Corp.  sweetened its bid for Caremark Rx Inc.  on Tuesday by tripling a proposed special cash dividend for the pharmacy benefit manager's stockholders to $6 per share, after proxy advisory firms urged rejection of the previous offer.
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U.S. pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc.  said on Monday it was offering to buy rival Caremark RX  for about $26 billion, threatening to break up an offer made last month by drugstore chain CVS Corp. .