MGM Shareholders Approve Sale of Studio
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer shareholders voted overwhelmingly on Friday to approve the film studio's sale to a Sony Corp.-led consortium that includes cable television giant Comcast Corp.
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A group headed by Sony Corp of America agreed in principle to acquire Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  for &#36;12 a share in cash, MGM said on Monday.
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Shareholders approved a $39 billion bid to take over the nation's largest office landlord.
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Shareholders in Marks &amp; Spencer yesterday voted overwhelmingly to accept the board&#39;s proposal for the largest tender offer made in Britain by a company for its own shares.
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LOS ANGELES/TOKYO  - A group headed by Sony Corp.  of America has agreed to buy Hollywood film studio  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for about $2.85 billion in cash to mine  MGM's lucrative library for the booming DVD market.
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Sony Corp. has reportedly reached a tentative deal to buy Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. shortly after media giant Time Warner Inc.
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LOS ANGELES, SEPT 14: A consortium led by Sony Corp has agreed in principle to acquire Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc for nearly $3 billion.
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Shareholders of the company approved a $19.5 billion buyout on Tuesday, more than 10 months after the deal was proposed.
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NEW YORK -- Shareholders of Dow Jones & Co. gave final approval Thursday to a $5 billion bid from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to acquire the media company, the final step needed before one of the world's most influential newspapers, The Wall Street Journal, changes hands.
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LOS ANGELES Sept. 13, 2004 - A consortium led by Sony Corp. has agreed in principle to acquire famed Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
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US entertainment giant Time Warner Inc. said Monday it has withdrawn its bid to buy Hollywood movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) after they failed to agree on a price.
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[Business India] Los Angeles, Sep 24 : After months of wrangling, a consortium led by Sony Corp has signed a definitive deal to buy the famous Hollywood studio MGM, Xinhua reports.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Sports Network) - Major League Baseball  owners unanimously approved the sale of the Milwaukee Brewers  from the family of commissioner Bud Selig to Los Angeles  investor Mark Attanasio.
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PHILADELPHIA/LOS ANGELES  - A group headed by Sony  Corp. of America on Monday agreed to buy Hollywood film studio  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for about $2.85 billion in cash to mine  MGM's lucrative library for the booming DVD market.
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State-owned investment company Dubai  World said on Friday it bought 5 million shares of MGM Mirage,  the world's No. 2 casino company, raising its stake to 6.5  percent.
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Los Angeles (dpa) - An investment consortium led by Japanese electronics giant Sony has sealed a deal to buy the legendary Hollywood studio MGM, which will keep functioning as an independent unit producing several films a year, Variety reported Friday.
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LAS VEGAS -- Station Casinos Inc.'s board of directors has accepted a revised buyout offer from its founding family and a unit of the real estate firm Colony Capital LLC for about $5.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said yesterday.