ICI snubs Dutch firm bid approach
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Akzo Nobel says it has made a bid approach for Dulux paint-maker ICI, but that the move was rejected.
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Britain's Cadbury Schweppes Plc  rejected a private equity bid for its North American drinks unit over the terms rather than price after it was asked to finance a third of the deal, industry sources said on Friday.
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Companies which recruit  investment  bankers to serve on their boards may not be doing their chief  executives any favors.
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Toy and gift maker rejects an unsolicited takeover offer as unworthy of further consideration.
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AMSTERDAM - ABN Amro's boards will not recommend either of the two rival takeover bids the Dutch bank has received, they told shareholders yesterday.
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Experts see the bid rejection as a negotiating strategy to elicit a higher offer and not as an attempt to resist a deal at all costs.
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Dutch chemical group Akzo Nobel NV   said on Monday it had made a takeover approach to Imperial Chemical Industries Plc  that was rejected by Britain's biggest chemicals firm.
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European regulators said on Tuesday they do not intend objecting to the proposed merger of Euronext and the NYSE, removing a hurdle to the completion of the $10 billion transatlantic alliance.
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The company rejected a takeover offer from its founder, but said that it planned to explore other alternatives.
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Midland Group, a privately-owned international trading and investment organisation, has announced its involvement in Formula One racing, but is not buying the Jaguar team.
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India's Tata AutoComp Systems Ltd. explored a possible bid for Lear Corp. but would not be submitting a proposal to rival billionaire Carl Icahn's buyout offer, Lear said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.
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German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse has no plans to sell its clearing subsidiary Clearstream as a concession to persuade the London Stock Exchange to accept the Frankfurt stock exchange's bid for the LSE, a spokesman said.
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American investors and European companies are opposing a proposal to allow foreign companies to use international accounting standards in filings with United States regulators.
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The London Stock Exchange  has  been left with few options to defend itself from Nasdaq Stock  Markets Inc.'s  unwanted attentions after British  financial markets broker ICAP's  decision not to pursue  fresh merger talks, analysts said on Tuesday.
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Maurice R. Greenberg, former chief executive of the American International Group, said a group he represents did not intend to solicit proxies from A.I.G. shareholders.
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The British insurer Prudential said on Sunday that it had rejected an approach from a potential bidder for its online bank Egg.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - Britain's Imperial Chemical Industries Plc  has rejected a 7.2 billion-pound ($14.2 billion) bid approach from Dutch chemicals group Akzo Nobel NV , saying it undervalued the company.