Gateway nixes &#36;450M bid for retail unit
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Gateway Inc., the third-largest personal computer company in the United States, said Friday that it rejected an unsolicited $450 million bid for its retail business from eMachines Inc. founder Lap Shun Hui.
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Warner Music Group Corp. said  Wednesday its &#36;4.6 billion (2.5 billion pounds) counter-bid for  its larger rival EMI Group has been rejected.
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Gateway Inc. , the computer  maker that recently shuttered its chain of 188 stores, will  begin selling its desktops at CompUSA Inc.'s outlets later this  week, the two companies said on Monday.
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EMI Group Plc  is expected to  reject a potential 2.5 billion pound ($4.92 billion) bid from  private equity firm Permira as being too low, the Times  newspaper said on Monday.
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BURNABY, BC (CP) - Major unitholders of the Gateway Casinos Income Fund are selling half their controlling stake in one of Western Canada&#39;s biggest casino operators.
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Warner Music Group Corp. said on Tuesday it decided against bidding for rival EMI Group Plc, two days before a deadline to submit an offer.
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BREAKING NEWS - Global #3 PC manufacturer Acer has reached an agreement to acquire Gateway, America's #3 manufacturer, for $710 million. And in a possibly contingent move, Gateway will use some of that immediate cash infusion to exercise its right to preclude Lenovo from acquiring Packard Bell from California investor Lap Shun Hui, who purchased it from NEC just last year.
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Company is holding back high-speed fiber service out of fear that it will have to lease the links to rivals at below its own cost.
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By Franklin Paul NEW YORK  - Gateway Inc.  on Monday said it would return to its roots as a personal computer company, backing off on an aggressive strategy of expanding into TVs, digital cameras and other gadgets in a move to return to profitability.
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IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 31  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As previously disclosed, Gateway, Inc.  reconfirmed that it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2006 and full year 2006 after the close of market on the NYSE on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007.
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3Com said Wednesday that it has withdrawn a $2.2 billion offer for the network equipment maker from consideration by a federal national security regulator, marking the potential demise of yet another private equity deal. It crystallizes months of fears and skepticism by investors that the buyout, by Bain Capital and China's Huawei Technologies, would fail because [...].
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Some observers are concerned that Acer is paying too much for Gateway, and some say the deal doesn't add much to Acer's arsenal except size.
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By The San Diego Union-Tribune  Sep. 6--The former owner of eMachines said yesterday he is reviewing his  options since Gateway rejected his $450 million offer to buy its retail  operations.   Lap Shun "John" Hui made the bid Aug. 23 to buy Gateway's retail  business.
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Taiwan-based Acer Inc. will acquire Gateway Inc. for $710 million in a deal designed to give the long-struggling US computer maker the size it needs to compete against larger players, the companies said yesterday.
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Seagate Technology , the world's largest maker of disk drives, has dashed speculation that a Chinese firm wanted to buy the firm, saying it had received no such offer and had no intention of selling.
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Gateway Inc. on Wednesday raised fourth-quarter earnings expectations as the personal computer maker freed up cash by selling preferred stock and outsourcing its warranty service plans.
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Gateway has agreed to sell a unit targeting education, medium-size businesses, and government users to MPC for $90 million, the companies said Wednesday.