Jones Apparel gets higher rival bid for Barneys
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Jones Apparel Group Inc.  said on Thursday it received an unsolicited bid from Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.  to acquire Barneys New York Inc. for $900 million, which tops Jones' existing pact to sell the upscale clothing chain for $825 million.
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Mid-priced clothing retailer and maker Jones Apparel Group Inc.  said on Thursday it was buying Barneys New York Inc.  in a deal worth &#36;400 million as a move to expand into luxury apparel retailing.
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An Internet entrepreneur and a Wall Street group have joined a list of potential rivals to News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones &amp; Co., an adviser to the Dow Jones employee union said yesterday.
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COLES Myer yesterday waltzed in and trumped rival Woolworths in the battle for pubs group Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality. But Coles chief John Fletcher&#39;s $3.
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In its first foray into the luxury market, the shoe and clothing marketer Jones Apparel Group Inc. said Thursday it is buying upscale clothier Barneys New York Inc.
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A group led by investment bank Goldman  Sachs  raised its bid for Associated British Ports   to 2.58 billion pounds (&#36;4.75 billion) on Thursday,  after a rival team said it might make a counterbid.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Woolworths Ltd. (WOW.AU) raised its takeover offer for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group Ltd. (ALH.AU) for the third time Monday as it bet
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Apollo Management LPâs Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc. said Monday it raised its rival takeover bid for chemical company Huntsman Corp. to about $6.2 billion.
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Federated Department Stores Inc.  FD.N is in preliminary talks to buy rival May Department  Stores Co. MAY.N, the Wall Street Journal reported on  Thursday.
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Federated Department Stores Inc.  FD.N is in early talks to buy rival May Department Stores Co.  MAY.N, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Jones Apparel Group Inc.  is  near a deal to sell the Barneys New York high-end clothing  chain for $825 million to Dubai&#39;s private equity firm  Istithmar, The New York Times reported on Friday.
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Australian retailer Coles Myer intensified the battle for the ALH pubs and liquor chain yesterday, topping an offer by Woolworths with aA$1.
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Japan's Fast Retailing makes a $900m (Â£448m) takeover bid for US department store chain Barneys New York.
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Australia&#39;s largest retailer Woolworths said Monday it would make an offer for some of the non-supermarket businesses of its biggest rival, Coles, which has put itself up for auction.
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An Internet entrepreneur and a Wall Street group have joined a list of potential rivals to News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. Inc., an adviser to the Dow Jones employee union said on Thursday.
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The Jones Apparel Group is near a deal to sell Barneys New York for about $825 million to an investment arm of the Dubai government.
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The high-end retailer continues to perform better than its lower-end peers.