Brazil's Vale confirms takeover talks with Xstrata
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Brazilian mining giant Vale  (VALE5.SA) said on Monday it has held talks with  Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata  about a potential acquisition  that have yet to lead to a formal bid.
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Birmingham City football club, newly-promoted to the Premiership, said on Monday that it had received a takeover approach from an unnamed suitor.
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Swiss mining group Xstrata confirms that it has held merger talks but has not reached any agreements.
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RESOURCES giant Xstrata announced its first triumph in its $7.4 billion takeover bid for WMC Resources yesterday - the purchase of 173,954 shares.
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The world&#39;s richest soccer club Manchester United says it has received a takeover approach from an unnamed suitor, sending its shares higher and fanning speculation that
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The Football Association confirms it will bid for the right to stage the 2018 World Cup.
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Manchester United says it has received a bid approach, sparking speculation US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer was preparing an offer for the team.
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Miner Xstrata  has rejected a  cash-and-shares takeover approach from Brazil's Vale (VALE5.SA)  pitched at just under 40 pounds a share, or 39 billion pounds  ($76 billion), the Financial Times said.
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By AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Mar. 5--ORASCOM MAKES BRAZIL BID: Egypt's Orascom Telecom has launched a  bid for a stake in Brazilian telco outfit Brasil Telecom Participacoes, which  is currently held by Telecom Italia, reported the Dow Jones newswires.
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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.
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MINING giant BHP Billiton has confirmed it held preliminary talks with the Government of India&#39;s Orissa state and Korean steel maker Posco about options for its iron ore business on the sub-continent.
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Birmingham confirm they have been approached about a possible takeover bid.
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The investment arm of Dubai's government confirms it is in exclusive talks about a takeover of Liverpool FC.
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LONDON: English football giants Manchester United confirmed yesterday that they had received a âpreliminary approachâ regarding a possible takeover offer.
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho reveals that he and club owner Roman Abramovich held clear-the-air talks.
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The South American trade bloc Mercosur has made a new offer in a bid to advance stalled trade talks with the European Union and clinch a trans-Atlantic free trade deal by an October deadline.
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Shares in Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata   climbed as much as 3.2 percent on Wednesday, as traders  cited persistent market talk of a bid from Brazilian mining  giant Vale (VALE5.SA).