Australian City Pacific says makes bid for MFS
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Australian financial services and property group City Pacific Ltd  said on Monday it had made a proposal to acquire most of MFS Ltd's  businesses in a deal with a value of about A$1.3 billion ($1.16 billion).
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Australian financial services firm MFS Ltd  said on Monday it will sell a 65 percent stake in its Stella tourism business to private equity firm CVC Asia Pacific, raising enough cash to meet its short-term debt obligations.
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Victorian resident investors will get preferential treatment in buying shares in the remaining $200-$250 million that ConnectEast Group has to raise to build the 39-kilometre Mitcham-Frankston Freeway.
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Australian flag carrier Qantas agreed to a boosted 11.1-billion-dollar (8.7 billion US) takeover bid from an international private equity consortium.
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Australian financial services firm  MFS Ltd  said on Monday it will sell a 65 percent stake  in its Stella tourism business to private equity firm CVC Asia  Pacific, raising enough cash to meet its short-term debt  obligations.
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Australia's competition regulator said on Friday it has started a review into an $8.7 billion buyout offer for Qantas Airways Ltd.  from a group led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group.
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AustraliaÂs national carrier, Qantas, said that it had been approached by Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group amid speculation of a takeover.
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SINGAPORE, Sept. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Pacific Internet Limited ("PacNet") wishes to announce that PacNet has today received a notice of requisition from MediaRing Ltd (the "Requisition").
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Fonterra is aiming for a significant share of the Australian dairy foods market, with a bid for one of Australia&#39;s largest operators.
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MELBOURNE/SYDNEY  - Investment bank Macquarie Bank  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group have proposed buying out Australian airline Qantas Airways  in a deal that could be worth more than A$10 billion ($7.7 billion), pushing Qantas shares up as much as 21 percent.
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Australia's Qantas Airways  has received a buyout offer from investment firms Macquarie Bank  and Texas Pacific Group that could be worth more than A$10 billion ($7.77 billion), sending its shares up 15 percent.
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Copper producer Antofagasta makes a $400m offer for Australian business Equatorial Mining, sparking a bid battle.
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Australian flag-carrier Qantas said it had received a takeover approach from Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group on behalf of a consortium they represent.
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NEW YORK, September 27  - Ingram Micro Inc (IM.NYS) has reached a definitive agreement to buy Tech Pacific, an Australian IT product distributor, for about $493 million in cash, including debt assumptions.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian grocery and liquor wholesaler Metcash Trading Ltd. (MTT.AU) Monday launched aA$846 million takeover bid for the Australian assets of Perth-based Foodland Associated Ltd.
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SYDNEY: Metcash Trading Ltd has launched an A$846mil bid for the Australian local arm of rival Foodland Associated with the aim of cementing its position as the country&#39;s third food and liquor chain.
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Swiss-based Xstrata  on Friday raised its cash offer for Australian coal miner Resource Pacific Ltd  by 12 percent to A$1.08 billion ($964 million) and declared it final.