Teck Cominco extends Inco bid deadline
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Teck Cominco Ltd. (TCKb.TO) on Friday  extended the deadline for its hostile bid for fellow Canadian  miner Inco Ltd. , as it waits to see if Swiss-based  Xstrata Plc  gets Falconbridge Ltd. .
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Oracle Corp. extended its tender offer for PeopleSoft Inc.'s outstanding shares until tomorrow night, after narrowly missing the volume of shares it requires to bring the merger to a speedy close.
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AirTran Holdings Inc. , the parent of AirTran Airways, on Wednesday extended the deadline for a second time for shareholders of Midwest Air Group  to accept its hostile takeover bid.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Teck Cominco Ltd  said on Monday it had sharply higher earnings in the fourth quarter on strong commodity prices and delayed sales from its Red Dog mine.
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German state-owned development bank KfW  is extending an initial deadline for bids for subprime casualty IKB  by at least another week because it gave details of a capital increase late on Saturday, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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Lone Star Funds, a private equity firm  seeking to abandon its $400 million purchase of Accredited Home  Lenders Holding Co , said on Tuesday it extended its  tender offer to buy the struggling subprime mortgage lender to  September 12.
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Online brokerage firm Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Thursday that chief executive officer Joe Moglia has agreed to extend his contract at least through the current fiscal year, which ends Sept.
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Business software maker  Oracle  Corp. ORCL.O said on Thursday it is extending again its  hostile tender offer for all of the common stock of PeopleSoft  Inc. PSFT.O, to Sept. 10.
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Chipmaker STMicroelectronics  said on Monday it had agreed with its partners in flash memory joint venture Numonyx to extend the deadline for closing the transaction to March 28.
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SAN FRANCISCO  - Business software maker  Oracle Corp.  said on Thursday it extended again its $7.7 billion hostile tender offer for PeopleSoft Inc. , to Sept. 10, as it awaits a U.S. District Court judge's ruling on whether the takeover attempt can move forward.
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The RBS-led group seeking to buy the Dutch bank ABN Amro is given until 23 July to make a formal offer.
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Natural and organic food retailer Whole Foods Market Inc.  on Friday extended its tender offer for Wild Oats Markets Inc.  for a fourth time as it waits for a hearing that will decide if it can go ahead with the deal.
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Business software maker  Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O) said on Thursday it extended again its &#36;7.7 billion hostile tender offer for PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O), to Sept. 10, as it awaits a U.S. District Court judge's ruling on whether the takeover attempt can move forward.
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Oracle's $7.7 billion takeover offer for PeopleSoft has been extended several times already and was set to expire today.
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Oracle Corp. has extended its $7.7 billion hostile takeover bid for Pleasanton&#39;s PeopleSoft Inc. until Sept. 10. Redwood City-based Oracle&#39;s previous offer would have expired at 9 pm Friday.
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A deadline on private bids for Northern Rock, the bank almost ruined by the squeeze on global credit, was to expire on Monday amid speculation that three proposals will be made to the board.
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BHP Billiton    is unlikely to increase its $130 billion unsolicited  proposal to acquire mining rival Rio Tinto   by  a February 6 deadline, The Wall Street Journal reported on  Monday. BHP could be trying to pressure Rio to negotiate by  holding firm with its three-for-one share offer, which has yet  to be formalized, the newspaper said, citing sources familiar  with the company's plans.