Gallaher in Â£7.5bn bid approach
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Silk Cut cigarette maker Gallaher receives a takeover approach, which values the company at Â£7.5bn.
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Investment bank Goldman Sachs  has  made a bid approach of about 700 million pounds ($1.4 billion)  for reinsurance broker Benfield , the Daily Telegraph  said on Friday.
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The move by the consortium of banks, which is led by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, is intended to help it prevail in a bidding war with Barclays.
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Shareholders in Australian equipment  hire firm Coates Hire Ltd  voted on Monday to approve a  A$1.7 billion ($1.5 billion) private equity-backed offer from  rival National Hire Group Ltd .
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Business & money: Â£7bn dawn raid marks new level of foreign investment as shares in target jump 13% on purchase
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Stockland, Australia&#39;s fourth-biggest property trust, offered to buy General Property Trust for A$7.5 billion ($5.7 billion) in stock in an attempt to foil a rival bid by Lend Lease Corp.
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American casino operators are planning a 5 billion pound (7.2 billion euros, $9 billion) punt on Britain becoming the gambling mecca of Europe.
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The London Stock Exchange issued a bullish profit forecast and pledged a dividend hike on Tuesday as it urged shareholders to reject a 2.7-billion-pound ($5.27-billion) hostile bid from U.S. rival Nasdaq.
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Japan Tobacco Inc. said on Friday it would buy Britain's Gallaher Group Plc for $14.7 billion in the biggest-ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese company.
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The world's third largest cigarette group, Japan Tobacco Inc , on Thursday made a 7.5 billion pound ($14.7 billion) cash offer for rival Gallaher Group Plc , sources close to the situation said.
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TOKYO/LONDON  - British tobacco company Gallaher Group Plc. said on Wednesday it had received a takeover approach, with sources close to the situation saying the potential bidder was likely to be Japan Tobacco Inc.
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An $8.7 billion takeover bid for  Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.  by a consortium led by  Macquarie Bank Ltd.  is fair and reasonable, an  independent expert said on Monday.
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LONDON/BEIJING  - British bank Barclays  raised its bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) on Monday, helped by some of the biggest ever overseas investments by China and Singapore.
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Manchester United have received a bid approach that boosted their shares on Monday and fanned talk that US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer is planning a bid likely to top 650 million pounds ($1.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC said Tuesday it will launch a hostile bid of 71.1 billion euros ($95.5 billion) for ABN Amro, topping a friendly offer from Barclays PLC and pressing Bank of America Corp. for control of the Dutch bank's U.S. arm.
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Leading shares closed up with tobacco issues the top performers after of a bid approach for the Gallaher Group.
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Deutsche Boerse AG, Europe&#39;s largest stock exchange by market value, made a 1.35 billion-pound ($2.6 billion) takeover offer for London Stock Exchange Plc, its second attempt in five years to buy the UK company.