Merrill Lynch eyes bid for CanWest Ten stake: source
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Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity  was looking at a possible bid for CanWest Global Communications Corp.'s  stake in Australian broadcaster Ten Network Holdings Ltd. , a source familiar with the situation said.
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Merrill Lynch said solid fundamentals and a recent pullback in the US oil services and drilling group have provided some buying opportunities.
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Multiple firms including Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group have bid for Sabre Holdings , owner of the Travelocity Web site, according to a source familiar with the situation.
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BCE, the parent of Bell Canada, the largest communications company in Canada, said that a group led by Cerberus Capital had joined the bidding for the company. While the other investors were not identified, they will be vital to any deal because Canadian law bans foreign control of telephone companies. Three groups are now vying to take BCE private. BCEâs largest shareholder, the Ontario Teachersâ Pension Plan, has allied itself with other institutional investors for a possible bid. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts have formed a rival group that may make a bid potentially worth about $45 billion.
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Merrill Lynch & Co Inc.  may  look to sell its 20 percent stake in Bloomberg LP to raise  capital after writing down $8.4 billion of assets last quarter,  some investors have said.
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Russia&#39;s gas monopoly Gazprom is talking to Western banks to raise up to $10 billion to fund the purchase of the key oil unit of embattled oil major Yukos, industry sources said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK -- Singapore's state-owned investment fund is considering a $5 billion investment in Merrill Lynch, according to a report Friday, potentially providing the nation's biggest brokerage firm with much-needed cash as it deals with billions of dollars in credit losses.
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U.S. financial services firm GMAC is  preparing to spearhead a bid for British mortgage lender  Northern Rock , according to Britain's Sunday Times  newspaper.
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Amadeus Global Travel Distribution's core airline shareholders could opt for a joint bid for the company presented by Cinven Group and BC Partners.
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A PeopleSoft Inc.  board member told a Delaware court on Tuesday that the software maker would consider a bid from its rival Oracle Corp.  provided the price was right and a deal closed quickly.
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Shares in Merrill Lynch jump after a report that a foreign investor may pump $5bn into the bank.
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THE multimillion-dollar investment by Norilsk Nickel, the Russian mining giant, in Gold Fields could be set to give the group a 10 per cent stake in the worldâs biggest gold mining company.
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TORONTO - TD Bank confirmed Wednesday it is negotiating a possible deal that could see it buy a stake in Banknorth Group Inc. of Maine.
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Merrill Lynch  said on Tuesday it would issue $6.6 billion in preferred shares to investors, including the Kuwait Investment Authority, as the subprime-hit bank looks to shore up its capital base.
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Merrill Lynch, hit by huge subprime mortgage losses, said it would raise up to $6.2 billion in a private placement with Singaporeâs Temasek Holdings and Davis Selected Advisors.
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Canada's Toronto Dominion Bank (TD.TO) said on Wednesday that it is in talks with U.S.-based Banknorth Group (BNK.N) about a possible deal.
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Merrill Lynchâs board of has begun to contact top Wall Street executives about replacing the embattled E. Stanley OâNeal.