Harrah's gets $15 bln buyout offer, shares leap
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Harrah's Entertainment Inc. , the world's biggest casino operator, on Monday said it had received a $15 billion buyout offer from private equity firms Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group. , sending shares of the whole gaming sector up.
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Unusual options activity pegged to the shares of Harrah's Entertainment Inc.  ahead of the announcement of a buyout offer for the gambling operator is raising eyebrows among some market options players.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) shares jumped more than 7 percent on Wednesday on a report that a deal to acquire the company for up to $5 billion could be announced as early as next week.
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KKR & Co. LP , the prominent  U.S. buyout firm that pioneered the leveraged buyout industry,  filed with regulators on Tuesday to raise up to $1.25 billion  in an initial public offering.
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Northern Rock shares surge almost 14% in early trade after the troubled bank says it is in takeover talks.
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Business & money: Shares jump more than 12% after embattled bank reveals takeover offers.
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Harrah&#39;s Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment Inc. have agreed to sell four hotel-casinos to an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC for about 1.2 billion dollars.
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Representatives of the Qatari Investment  Authority have indicated a willingness to pay as much as 15  pounds a share for Nasdaq&#39;s  31 percent stake in the  London Stock Exchange  the Sunday Times newspaper said.
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Dubai Ports International is buying the foreign port operations of US railroad company CSX Corp. for $1.15 billion in cash, the companies announced Thursday.
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Representatives of the Qatari Investment Authority have indicated a willingness to pay as much as 15 pounds a share for Nasdaq's  31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange  the Sunday Times newspaper said.
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General Electric Co., the biggest company by market value, said it will buy back as much as $15 billion in stock over three years and raised its quarterly dividend 10 percent, more than some analysts had estimated.
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The board of the world's largest  casino operator, Harrah's Entertainment Inc. , has  accepted a $17.1 billion buyout bid from private equity groups  Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group .
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Retailer Woolworths raised its bid Thursday for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group (ALH) by 15 percent to Aust. $1.11 billion ($795 million), topping an offer by private equity firm Newbridge Capital.
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NEW YORK, May 29 -- Archstone-Smith, a major owner of apartment buildings, said Tuesday it had agreed to a Tishman Speyer-led buyout valuing the company at about $15.5 billion, but investors indicated they were expecting a higher bid.
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Shares in the Australian subsidiary of Metoz, formerly Metro Cash &amp; Carry, yesterday jumped 15 percent as investors anticipated its takeover target, Foodland
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The board of the world's largest casino operator, Harrah's Entertainment Inc., has accepted a $17.1-billion buyout bid from private equity groups Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group.
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Shares of Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group, the nation&#39;s biggest pubs owner, may rise after Coles Myer Ltd. increased its takeover offer to A$1.