Bidders mull Sainsbury's takeover
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Shares in Sainsbury's rise by 16% on rumours the supermarket could become the target of a takeover bid.
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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA  - At least two bidding groups plan to submit offers on Friday to acquire Cadbury Schweppes Plc's  U.S. beverage unit for as much as $15.8 billion (8 billion pounds), sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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Premiership football club Manchester United was today facing the possibility of a fresh bid from US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer. The Old Trafford-based club said the owner
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J Sainsbury Plc , Britain's third-biggest supermarket operator, said on Friday it had sold a 5 percent stake in Sainsbury's Bank for 21 million pounds ($41 million) to British banking group HBOS Plc  as potential bidders continue to circle the retailer.
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J Sainsbury Plc , Britain's  third-biggest supermarket operator, said on Friday it had sold  a 5 percent stake in Sainsbury's Bank for 21 million pounds  ($41 million) to British banking group HBOS Plc  as  potential bidders continue to circle the retailer.
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Business & money: Proposed Â£10.6bn takeover of supermarket group moves a step closer.
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Wireless telecommunications company Vodafone Group Plc  has been considering a $160 billion takeover bid of Verizon Communications , the Financial Times reported on Monday on its Alphaville site.
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Oil-rich Gulf Arab state Qatar has made a bid approach for J Sainsbury Plc , which newspapers said valued Britain's third-biggest supermarket group at about 12 billion pounds ($24.5 billion), including debt.
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Despite generous offer, software company says rival bids could emerge.
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J Sainsbury Plc , Britain&#39;s  third-biggest supermarket group, confirmed it had received a  preliminary bid approach from Qatari investment group Delta  Two.
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Shareholders in ABN AMRO   will weigh three key events in the coming week to decide which  of two rival bidders will clinch control of the Dutch bank  after a six-month takeover battle.
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Supermarkets group J Sainsbury faces fresh takeover speculation today after it emerged that dealmaker George Magan might try to raise financing for an offer.
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A management buyout for online auction firm QXL Ricardo is being called into question, with the emergence of a rival - and higher - takeover proposal.
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Sainsbury's opens its books to the Qatar-based investment firm Delta Two which is planning a Â£10.3bn bid.
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FIRST there was development interest from Asda, now a Sainsbury wants to buy Leeds United. Sebastian Sainsbury, great-grandson of the founder of the supermarket chain, yesterday emerged
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Shareholders in ABN AMRO  will weigh three key events in the coming week to decide which of two rival bidders will clinch control of the Dutch bank after a six-month takeover battle.
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Multiplex, the developer of the troubled Wembley Stadium project, is being eyed as a takeover target.