Bets on a Bid War As ICI Rejects the Dutch Chemistry is Still Right
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SHARES in ICI soared to an eight-year high today as the City today bet big on a takeover battle breaking out over the Dulux paints group.
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Despite its ongoing fight to thwart a takeover, investors still got to celebrate stronger-than-expected earnings. Can this be sustained?
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Britain&#39;s biggest chemicals  firm, Imperial Chemical Industries Plc , has rejected a  7.2 billion-pound ($14.2 billion) takeover approach from Akzo  Nobel NV , saying it undervalued the company.
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The aluminum producer Alcoa said in a statement that it would continue to pursue its $27.4 billion cash and stock bid for a rival, Alcan, despite the Canadian companyâs rejection of the offer. But Alcoaâs chairman and chief executive, Alain J. P. Belda, said that the company would not enhance the proposal, which Alcan called inadequate. âWe have studied Alcanâs response and have not seen anything that would lead us to re-evaluate our offer,â Mr. Belda said. He also rejected suggestions by Alcan that Alcoa would have difficulty obtaining antitrust approval for the merger and urged Alcanâs board to resume its examination of the bid.
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With news that the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has knocked back a Â£1.35bn offer from its German rival Deutsche Boerse, the ordinary shareholder may be wondering what lies ahead.
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A fresh bidding war for Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus has erupted when Brazilian group CSN offered about 5.8 billion pounds (8.6 billion euros, 11.3 billion dollars) shortly after Corus had accepted a lower bid from Tata Steel of India.
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Well, I guess I picked the wrong day to tout the Intrade futures market. On Monday, citing the formidable record of Intrade's bettors in calling elections, I noted their near-certainty that Barack Obama and John McCain would win the New Hampshire primary. The bettors were only half right. As one Lab reader, Tony, observed after the [...].
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Let the bidding begin! A federal judge Thursday rejected a government attempt to block Oracle&#39;s proposed takeover of rival PeopleSoft.
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The London Stock Exchange has rejected a Â£1.35bn offer from German market Deutsche Boerse, but says fresh talks are possible.
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PeopleSoft investors keep $9.2 billion bid in play, but the deal still faces hurdles.
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This stock is still on fire, and it's not confounding this skeptic.
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Business & money: Global Radio refuses to rule out higher bid as it attempts to get the rival firm's shareholders on side
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The London Stock Exchange today said it had rejected a Â£1.35 billion takeover approach from German rival Deutsche Boerse. Shares in the LSE have risen 25 per cent in recent weeks as investors anticipated a possible takeover bid.
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Business & money: Â· RBS and ABN reputations at stake over environment  Â· Russians ignore green concerns, say campaigners
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ABN AMRO  stuck to its  neutral stance on Sunday on competing takeover bids for the  Dutch bank, saying it could not support a break-up under the  financially superior RBS-led  consortium&#39;s bid.
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Dutch chemical giant Akzo Nobel is reportedly in the final stages of preparing a takeover bid for British chemical group Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI).
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There will be nobody working at the London Stock Exchange&#39;s offices this weekend other than the cleaners, we were firmly assured last Friday against a backdrop of mounting speculation of an imminent bid from Frankfurt&#39;s Deutsche BÃ¶rse.