Bausch & Lomb says gets rival takeover bid
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Eye-care company Bausch & Lomb Inc.  said on Thursday it received a takeover offer from rival Advanced Medical Optics Inc.  of $75 per share, topping its agreed $65-per-share deal to be acquired by a private equity firm.
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The Takeovers Panel said today that Brundwo Pty Limited has offered two undertakings relating to its proposed A$1.2 billion bid for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group Limited (ALH).
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc.  has offered to buy larger eye-care company Bausch & Lomb Inc.  for $4.23 billion, topping a rival offer of $3.67 billion from private equity firm Warburg Pincus , the two companies said on Thursday.
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The world&#39;s largest mining group, BHP  Billington Ltd.,  is considering a rival bid for  aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  and has hired an  investment bank, sources familiar with the matter said on  Monday.
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A bidding war involving Europeâs three major exchanges was on the cards today after Paris-based Euronext made an approach to rival Deutsche Boerseâs Â£1.35 billion offer for the London Stock Exchange.
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London Stock Exchange Plc, Europe&#39;s third-largest exchange by market value, said it received a 1.35 billion-pound ($2.6 billion) takeover offer from Deutsche Boerse AG, the second attempt
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Nordic market operator OMX looked set Thursday to become the centre of takeover bidding battle between Gulf rivals Dubai and Qatar.
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A three-bank consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday launched an rival bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro, already the target of a friendly takeover bid by Barclays.
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NYSE Euronext Inc.    has entered the competition for the Borsa Italiana by  submitting a preliminary bid to rival the London Stock Exchange  Group&#39;s  offer, according to the online edition of the  Wall Street Journal.
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Northrop Grumman and Boeing said yesterday they will bid as a team to compete for NASA&#39;s planned manned and robotic space-exploration program.
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Sprint and Nextel Communications could unveil their $36 billion merger within a few days, but speculation has intensified about the emergence of a rival bid.
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Euronext, the Franco-Dutch group which owns the Liffe derivatives market, is planning to launch a rival to the London Stock Exchange.
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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - The takeover battle for ABN AMRO  heated up on Monday with the Royal Bank of Scotland  consortium boosting the cash element of its 71.1 billion-euro ($98 billion) offer.
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Advanced Medical Optics makes an offer to buy its US eye care rival Bausch & Lomb for $4.23bn.
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Bausch & Lomb Inc. BOL.N on  Wednesday reported a 34 percent jump in third-quarter earnings,  driven by increased sales of contact lenses and vitamins for  the eye and lower costs.
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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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Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are reportedly preparing rival $40m takeover bids for US firm Alcoa.