UPDATE: Australia&#39;s WMC Ups Stakes In Xstrata Battle
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PERTH (Dow Jones)--Trying to derail Xstrata Plc.&#39;s (XTA.LN) hostile takeover bid, WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.AU) Thursday said it will return up to A$1 billion to shareholders
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.AU) said Monday that the hostile A$6.35 a share takeover bid from Xstrata Plc (XTA.LN) is &quot;materially inadequate&quot;.
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British-Swiss resources group Xstrata relaunched its already-rejected 7.4 billion dollar (3.1 billion pound) bid for WMC Resources, this time pitching the offer directly to WMC shareholders rather than through the company.
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A $7.4 billion takeover bid for the Australian mining company WMC Resources has seen its share price surge by 36 per cent. The Swiss-based mining house Xstrata wants to add WMC Resources to its Australian mining portfolio.
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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 .
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Australian mining group WMC Resources Ltd has formally rejected a 7.4 billion dollar (5.73 billion US) takeover bid by Swiss-based Xstrata Plc, using an independent report to back its view the offer was neither fair or reasonable.
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NEWS Corporation would continue to grow its publishing business in Australia following the company&#39;s move to the US, chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch stressed yesterday.
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The Swiss mining company Xstrata began a hostile $5.8 billion bid for the Australian mining company WMC Resources yesterday, in what analysts said could turn into an international bidding war
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Australian nickel and copper miner WMC Resources has rejected aA$7.4 billion (3 billion pounds) takeover bid from Swiss-based Xstrata, but has left the door open for a higher offer.
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Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata Plc   and Brazil's Vale (VALE5.SA) have been in serious talks over a  46 billion pound ($90.6 billion) takeover but the miners appear  to have reached an impasse, the Financial Times said.
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The chief executive of WMC Resources has denied the company&#39;s share buyback and the sale of part of its business is designed to undermine a takeover offer from Swiss-based Xstrata.
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British-Swiss resources group Xstrata has relaunched its already-rejected 7.4 billion dollar (5.7 billion US) bid for WMC Resources, this time pitching the offer directly to WMC shareholders rather than through the company.
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Xstrata remained in focus on Wednesday amid rumours that the acquisitive mining group was weighing a move for Lionore Mining, a Canadian nickel producer valued at &pound;1.5bn.
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It&#039;s Xstrata Plc&#039;s  turn to make  a move for Falconbridge Ltd.  after miners Inco Ltd.  , Phelps Dodge Corp.  and Falconbridge sweetened  the terms of their proposed &#36;41 billion three-way merger.
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Swiss-based miner Xstrata Plc   extended its hostile offer for Falconbridge Ltd.  by  two weeks to July 21 on Friday, as it played for time in a  battle for the Canadian nickel miner.
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Australian nickel and copper miner WMC Resources Ltd (WMR.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) rejected aA$7.4 billion ($5.5 billion) takeover bid
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THE Australian dollar was trading stronger today as news of a takeover bid for Australian mining company WMC Resources supported the currency during morning trading.