Casino giant accepts $17bn bid
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Harrah's Entertainment, the world's biggest casino firm, accepts a $17.1bn bid from two private equity firms.
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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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Las Vegas-based Harrah's Entertainment   HET.N, the world's biggest casino operator, has agreed to buy   Britain's London Clubs LCI.L for $530 million, giving the   U.S. company a strong opening in Europe.
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Britain's Barclays  has raised its offer for ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) and included a cash element as it seeks to regain the initiative in the world's biggest bank takeover battle.
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AWG, the owner of Anglian Water, accepts a Â£2.2bn takeover bid from a group led by private equity firm 3i.
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A judgement is due on a High Court challenge to plans for 17 regional casinos across Britain.
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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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A second buyout group is considering an offer for HarrahÂs Entertainment, the largest casino operator in the world.
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Telecoms equipment-maker Avaya accepts an $8.5bn takeover offer from private equity groups.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--LionOre Mining International Ltd. (LIM.T) said Monday it made an agreed A$285 million takeover bid for Australia&#39;s MPI Mines Ltd.
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Station Casinos Inc.  has accepted a revised buyout offer valued at about $5.5 billion from a group that includes the company's founding family and real-estate firm Colony Capital LLC, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Lakshmi Mittal, the steel tycoon, announced a deal to form a $21bn (Â£11bn) giant of the industry yesterday, dubbed the &quot;first super-major&quot; the sector has seen.
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LAS VEGAS -- Private equity bidders extended their shopping spree for casino companies yesterday as Station Casinos Inc. said it received a $4.7 billion buyout offer from its founding family and an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC.
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Morgan Stanley's  real estate unit agreed to buy Australia's Investa Properties Ltd.  for A$4.7 billion ($3.9 billion) on Thursday, the nation's third-largest property trust takeover.
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The world's largest gambling firm, Harrah's Entertainment, is offering $530 million to buy London Clubs International, a British casino operator.
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Casino operator Stanley Leisure says it is considering a takeover approach from an unnamed suitor.
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Casino operator Stanley Leisure says it has agreed a takeover offer from Malaysian gaming firm Genting.