National Foods Says Shares Worth as Much as A$6.65
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National Foods Ltd., Australia&#39;s biggest fresh milk producer, said its shares are worth as much as 22 percent more than Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd.
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The company is raking in its own shares as it deals with the costs of refrigerating food.
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Shares in takeover target National Foods have pushed further ahead on the Australian Stock Exchange. Yesterday, they surged more than 5 per cent higher to $6.25, after Philippine food and drink giant San Miguel
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The PeopleSoft Board concluded that PeopleSoft is worth much more than the $24 per share price offered by Oracle. They reiterated that they will not sell the company for less than it is worth.
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National Foods Ltd., Australia&#39;s biggest fresh milk supplier, increased second-half profit by 12 percent after selling more specialty cheeses and gourmet foods.
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Dean Foods Co.  on Friday  declared a special dividend of $15 per share, or about $2  billion in total, sending shares of the company 9 percent  higher in morning trading.
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Business & money: Shares in the supermarket group soared by almost 5% after the State of Qatar announced it now owned 25% of the supermarket giant's shares.
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Hormel Foods Corp.  on Wednesday reported a quarterly profit that was little changed from a year earlier, but topped Wall Street's estimates by a penny as strong demand for pork and turkey offset higher expenses.
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The companyâs consumer segment, which accounts for more than half of the companyâs sales, posted a 16 percent drop in earnings as the cost of ingredients jumped.
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Nucor Corp. NUE.N, one of the top  U.S. steelmakers, raised its quarterly profit forecast as much  as 44 percent on Thursday due to surging steel prices, sending  its shares to more than 20-year highs.
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Mengniu sale   An investor in China Mengniu Dairy Co has offered 65 million shares for sale, which may raise as much as HK$1.4 billion, Sing Tao Daily reported yesterday, citing unnamed sources.
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San Miguel, the largest food and beverage maker in the Philippines, said Thursday that it had agreed to buy National Foods, Australia&#39;s biggest dairy company, for 1.78 billion Australian dollars, or $1.4 billion, raising the prospect of a bidding war with
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Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd., the world&#39;s largest dairy exporter, offered A$1.62 billion ($1.2 billion) for National Foods Ltd.
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Compass Group, the world's biggest caterer, has said that net profit rose 46 percent to 285 million pounds (422 million euros, 555 million dollars) in 2005-2006, helped by disposals, and announced plans to sell its Selecta vending business.
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The radio and billboard giant said net income increased to 65 cents a share, or $320.6 million, from 43 cents, or $211 million, in the year-earlier quarter.
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NATIONAL Foods hauled up the auction flag yesterday signalling that the Australian dairy giant could change hands for $1.81 billion.
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Huntsman Corp., one of the world&#39;s largest chemical makers, on Wednesday said it plans to sell about $1.6 billion of its common shares in an initial public offering, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.