Rival bid for steel maker Corus raises ante to $9.6b
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Brazilian steel maker CSN raised the stakes yesterday in the takeover war for Britain's Corus Group PLC with a $9.6 billion bid that topped a sweetened offer by Tata Steel of India.
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TOM ELLIOTT, MM&amp;E CAPITAL: Well, the bid that received the most attention was London-based Xstrata&#39;s offer to buy WMC Resources, the old Western Mining, at $6.
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Anglo-Dutch steel producer Corus yesterday reported its first profit since it was formed by the merger of British Steel and Hoogovens almost five years ago.
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Xstrata PLC, the world's third-largest copper producer, said Tuesday it will raise 2.9 billion pounds ($5.47 billion) in a special equity offering to help finance its takeover of Canadian mining company Falconbridge Ltd.
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Nasdaq and Borse Dubai increased an offer for the OMX Group to $4.9 billion yesterday and push close to acquiring a majority stake in the Nordic exchange group.
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Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus has reported a profit for the first time since it was formed in 1999. Surging steel prices have helped the company lift earnings, and it has cut jobs and sold a number of businesses.
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India's Tata Steel  won a bid battle for Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus Group   on Wednesday by agreeing to offer investors 608 pence per share in cash, or 5.75 billion pounds ($11.3 billion).
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British steel maker Corus has said it wants to postpone a shareholders' vote for two weeks on a takeover bid from Tata Steel of India to allow time for Brazilian producer CSN to make a counter-offer.
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Europe's major stock markets have gained solidly in early trading, buoyed in part by takeover activity amid a renewed bidding war for Anglo-Dutch steel giant Corus.
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Tata Steel of India appears set to become the world's fifth-largest steel producer after beating its Brazilian rival CSN in an auction to take over Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus with a 13.7-billion-dollar bid.
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Corus, Britain&#39;s biggest steelmaker, yesterday reported its first profits since the merger of British Steel and Dutch rival Hoogovens five years ago.
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The Takeover Panel sets a January deadline for rival bidders to make an offer for steelmaker Corus.
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LONDON/MUMBAI  - India's Tata Steel  is set to become the world's fifth-biggest steelmaker after winning a battle for Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus Group  with a 6.2 billion pounds ($12 billion) offer.
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A fresh bidding war for Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus has erupted when Brazilian group CSN offered about 5.8 billion pounds (8.6 billion euros, 11.3 billion dollars) shortly after Corus had accepted a lower bid from Tata Steel of India.
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LONDON : Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus reported the first profit since its birth in 1999 thanks to cost cuts, rising metals prices and strong demand, notably from China.
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STEEL group Corus unveiled profits for the first time yesterday after soaring prices and a restructuring boosted the former British Steel business.
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Steelmaker Corus is ordered to pay nearly Â£300,000 following the death of one of its workers at its Trostre plant.