Lindt CEO says considering buying Godiva: report
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Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli  is considering buying Campbell Soup Co.'s  Godiva Chocolatier brand, its chief executive told the Financial Times Deutschland newspaper.
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One of the largest investors in General  Motors Corp.  on Friday urged the world&#039;s largest  automaker to consider a three-way partnership with Nissan Motor  Corp. (7201.T) and Renault SA .
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Source says the investment bank is in talks to buy GLG Partners, estimated to be worth $1.5B. LONDON  - Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
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Ford Motor Co.  is considering  selling its Volvo Cars business as it assesses the future of  its European operations, a source familiar with the matter said  on Sunday.
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Gazprom is considering a recommendation from Deutsche Bank that it buy Yuganskneftegaz, Yukos&#39; main production unit, as part of a wider strategy to increase its presence in the oil sector, a company official said Monday.
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Schering-Plough Corp.  is  seriously considering approaching Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   about a possible merger, according to a report in The  Star-Ledger newspaper on Friday.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn was given clearance by US antitrust regulators to purchase shares in Biogen Idec Inc., the world's biggest maker of drugs for multiple sclerosis.
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German industrial group MAN would be happy to have Volkswagen as a shareholder if the company's 9.6-billion-euro (12.2-billion-dollar) bid for Swedish truck maker Scania succeeds, MAN's chief chief executive has said in an interview.
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BRUSSELS  - Outgoing EU competition commissioner Mario Monti wants to reach a decision on Oracle`s proposed takeover of business software rival PeopleSoft by the end of next month, an official said.
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Archer Daniels Midland Co. ,  the largest U.S. ethanol producer, is considering a purchase of  Brazil&#39;s Cosan SA as ADM prepares to enter Brazil&#39;s sugarcane  ethanol business, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web  site on Friday.
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Campbell Soup Co  is seeking $1  billion to $1.5 billion for its Godiva Chocolatier division,  Bloomberg News reported on its Website on Friday, citing two  people with direct knowledge of the sale.
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DaimlerChrysler's  chief executive is examining the possible spinoff of the firm's ailing U.S. unit Chrysler, Handelsblatt and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said on Wednesday, citing sources close to the matter.
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Ford Motor Co. is considering selling its Volvo Cars business as it assesses the future of its European operations, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
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FAIRPORT, NY A New York firm has confirmed that it has offered to buy The Robert Mondavi Corporation. Constellation Brands says it has offered 970 (m) million dollars to buy the Napa-based winery.
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Cia. Vale do Rio Doce Chief Executive Roger Agnelli said he&#39;s still interested in acquiring Canadian mining company Noranda Inc.
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PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway says PeopleSoft&#39;s board will consider the implications of the court decision in Oracle&#39;s antitrust.
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The corporate parent of Celera is exploring whether to turn the Rockville biotechnology firm and an affiliated unit into two independent, publicly traded companies.