ICI rejects Â£7.2bn Akzo bid
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Business & money: Shares in Dulux paints owner jump more than 15% on hopes of takeover battle.
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The Swedish truck maker Scania and its two largest shareholders rejected a takeover bid from a German rival, MAN A.G.
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The London Stock Exchange has rejected a Â£1.35bn offer from German market Deutsche Boerse, but says fresh talks are possible.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - Britain's biggest chemicals firm, Imperial Chemical Industries Plc , has rejected a 7.2 billion-pound ($14.2 billion) takeover approach from Akzo Nobel NV , saying it undervalued the company.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto said Wednesday that it had rejected a 147.4-billion-dollar (100.9-billion-euro) takeover bid from peer BHP Billiton.
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Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.  has rejected a conditional A$10.9 billion ($8.6 billion) buyout offer led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and Texas Pacific Group .
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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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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 British government has rejected a  400 million pound ($749.5 million) bid for British Nuclear  Group Ltd. (BNG) from U.S. engineering and construction firm  Fluor Corp. , the Independent on Sunday said.
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SYDNEY: Directors of Australian mining giant WMC Resources Ltd. have rejected a renewed A$7.4b (US$5.7b) takeover offer from British-Swiss Xstrata Plc.
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The London Stock Exchange opened the door to a bidding war for the 300-year-old market after it rejected a proposed Â£1.35bn (â¬1.9bn) offer from Deutsche BÃ¶rse, its German rival.
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UK music group EMI rejects a Â£2.1bn takeover from Warner Music as too low.
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DEUTSCHE Borse yesterday put flesh on the bones of its plan to take over the London Stock Exchange - but its current 530p offer was again rejected by the LSE and the Germans refused to rule out going hostile.
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Britain's Alliance Boots Plc  on Monday rejected an approach worth 9.7 billion pounds ($18.8 billion) from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts , saying the offer undervalued its prospects.
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Mining firm Rio Tinto rejects a $147bn hostile takeover offer from rival BHP Billiton.
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Britain's EMI Group Plc  has rejected a 2.1-billion-pound ($4.1 billion) cash takeover proposal from Warner Music Group , saying on Friday it was not in the best interests of its shareholders.
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U.S. auto parts maker Lear Corp.  said on Monday its shareholders voted down a buyout offer from an affiliate of billionaire investor Carl Icahn, rejecting the board's recommendation.