Eli Lilly raises offer for Icos to $2.3 billion
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Bowing to pressure from an Icos Corp.   shareholder, Eli Lilly and Co.  said on Monday  it has increased its offer for the biotechnology company to  $2.3 billion from an earlier bid of $2.1 billion.
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STOCKHOLM - Nasdaq and Borse Dubai said yesterday they raised their bid for Sweden's OMX exchange by 15 percent to $4.9 billion and entered agreements with key shareholders to secure nearly half of OMX shares.
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Investment bank Lazard could be valued at about $3.2 billion in an initial public offering, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing sources close to the bank.
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Generic drug maker Mylan Laboratories Inc.  said on Friday it expects to raise $993.6 million after pricing a public offering of notes and common shares, with proceeds intended for global operations and potential acquisitions.
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Qwest Communications International Inc.  on Sunday hiked its takeover offer for MCI Inc.  to about &#36;7.3 billion in cash and stock, sources familiar with the situation said, while rival bidder Verizon Communications Inc.  responded by altering its lower offer.
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The parent of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has raised its offer to buy the Chicago Board of Trade for the third time.
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MUMBAI/SAN FRANCISCO  - Oracle Corp.  boosted its offer for Indian banking software provider i-flex Solutions Ltd.  to $1.3 billion, driving up i-flex shares 17 percent to a record high.
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Lear Corp.  on Monday accepted  an increased $3 billion takeover offer from billionaire Carl  Icahn, but doubts remained as to whether the auto parts maker&#39;s  shareholders would support the new deal.
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Acute care hospital operator Select  Medical Corp. SEM.N said on Monday it is being bought out by  a private equity group for $2.3 billion, sending shares soaring  by 24 percent.
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Socks rose on Tuesday as European companies made takeover offers for U.S. companies in the health-care and chemicals sectors and bond yields dipped, sending rate-sensitive stocks higher.
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Oracle said it had raised its bid for for the bulk of Indian banking software firm iflex Solutions to 1.3 billion dollars in what was its final offer.
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Circuit City, the second-biggest  US electronics retailer, receives a $3.25bn takeover offer from private investment firm Highfields.
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Shares in Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata  climbed as much as 3.2 percent on Wednesday, as traders cited persistent market talk of a bid from Brazilian mining giant Vale .
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Deutsche Boerse has made a 1.3 billion  pound ($2.49 billion) approach for the London Stock Exchange,  and the LSE's rejection of it on Monday left observers doubting  a much better offer would emerge.
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Initial public offering, which is expected to raise more than $480 million, could be set for as early as Thursday.
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Activist investor Carl Icahn has made a $2.43 billion offer for U.S. auto parts supplier Lear Corp. , the two parties said on Monday.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. plans to raise the annual fees it charges the almost 3,200 companies that list their shares on the electronic marketplace.