Xstrata rejects $76 bln bid approach from Vale: report
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Miner Xstrata  has rejected a cash-and-shares takeover approach from Brazil's Vale  pitched at just under 40 pounds a share, or 39 billion pounds ($76 billion), the Financial Times said.
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The London Stock Exchange  reiterated on Tuesday its rejection of a 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) bid from U.S. rival Nasdaq Stock Market Inc .
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Swiss reinsurance group Converium has said that it had rejected a takeover offer worth 1.9 billion euros from French company Scor.
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Brazilian mining giant Vale  said on Monday it has held talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata  about a potential acquisition that have yet to lead to a formal bid.
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PeopleSoft (PSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) Wednesday publicly rejected Oracle&#39;s (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) $24-a-share takeover offer, saying the $8.
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Swiss mining firm Xstrata has relaunched an $7.4bn Australian dollar ($5.8bn) takeover bid for Australia&#39;s WMC by appealing to its shareholders.
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Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.  rejected a A$10.9 billion ($8.6 billion) buyout offer from a group led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group , sending its shares down 2.7 percent.
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The London Stock Exchange reiterates its opposition to the "inadequate" Â£2.7bn takeover bid from US exchange Nasdaq.
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Vodafone Group PLC on Monday denied a newspaper report it is considering making a $160 billion bid for its U.S. partner in the wireless phone business, Verizon Communications Inc.
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The London Stock Exchange PLC has received and rejected a bid proposal from Germany&#39;s main stock exchange, Deutsche Boerse AG , the exchanges said Monday.
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Brazilian mining giant Vale  (VALE5.SA) said on Monday it has held talks with  Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata  about a potential acquisition  that have yet to lead to a formal bid.
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Software company Peoplesoft has formally rejected a takeover bid from rival Oracle for a sixth time. The rejection came after about 61% of shareholders in the California-based business software firm backed Oracle&#39;s $9.2bn (Â£4.9bn) approach.
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WMC currently is fending off a AU$7.4 billion takeover bid by Switzerland-based Xstrata PLC. The mining company upgraded its earnings forecast to around $1.3 billion for the calendar year, above analysts&#39; expectations.
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The London Stock Exchange said Monday that it had rejected a fresh takeover proposal from German rival Deutsche Boerse but has agreed to further talks.
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British drugs wholesaler and retailer Alliance Boots Plc  said on Monday it had rejected an approach worth 9.7 billion pounds ($18.8 billion) from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts .
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SWISS mining giant Xstrata issued documents backing its hostile $7.4 billion cash offer for WMC Resources yesterday and cranked up a fear campaign to focus shareholders on the downside risk if the bid were to lapse.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto said Wednesday that it had rejected a 147.4-billion-dollar (100.9-billion-euro) takeover bid from peer BHP Billiton.