Tobacco group Altadis awaits takeover proposals
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French-Spanish tobacco company Altadis said Thursday it is awaiting takeover bids from Luxembourg-based private equity firm CVC and Britain&#39;s Imperial Tobacco.
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The board of the parent company of  Philip Morris USA and Philip Morris International is to meet  next week to decide whether to spin off the international arm  of its cigarette business, The New York Times reported on  Saturday.
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Pernod Ricard SA is examining a tie-up with rival drinks maker Allied Domecq PLC as one of several possible acquisitions, a person close to the company said yesterday.
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The company may be hinting at going public.
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Imperial Tobacco said Tuesday it had won control of Franco-Spanish cigarette maker Altadis after shareholders overwhelmingly backed its bid worth 12.8 billion euros (18.8 billion dollars).
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Amid speculation the French oil group Total could attempt a hostile takeover of rival Royal Dutch/Shell, remarks by a top Total executive and market analysts suggest the time is not right for such a move.
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Imperial Tobacco , which is looking to take over rival Altadis , met forecasts with a 12 percent rise in annual earnings on Tuesday, but a delay until January in completing the Altadis deal hit its shares.
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British American Tobacco has indicated that it would seek to put the company which runs the BAR Formula One team into administration if it proves unable to buy the minority shareholding in the operation required to press ahead with its new deal with Honda
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Britain's Imperial Tobacco has agreed to buy Franco-Spanish rival Altadis for Â£11bn.
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US stock exchange operator Nasdaq has said that shareholders in the London Stock Exchange have until January 11 to accept its hostile takeover offer.
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The European Union is close to announcing a deal in its on-going battle with Coca-Cola in an anti-trust case. Sources close to talks between the two sides have been quoted in todayâs press saying that the
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MADRID  - The Spanish government said Friday it plans to sell its  remaining stakes in airline Iberia, tobacco company Altadis and retailer Aldeasa in 2005.
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If Canadian aluminum company Alcan Inc. , the subject of a hostile takeover bid from U.S. rival Alcoa , defends itself by turning the tables with an offer for Alcoa, some tough Pennsylvania anti-takeover laws stand before it.
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The Deutsche Boerse wants to convince London Stock Exchange management over the next two to four weeks to back its offer to buy the business, a supervisory board member told Reuters on Sunday.
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A trio of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland  will likely make a formal takeover offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO  on Tuesday, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Gallaher, the maker of Silk Cut and Benson & Hedges cigarettes, says it has been approached by a buyer.
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Japan Tobacco Inc. said on Friday it was in talks to buy smaller rival Gallaher Group Plc after sources close to the matter said the world's third-biggest cigarette group had made a 7.5 billion pound ($14.7 billion) cash offer for Gallaher.