QXL faces hostile takeover bid
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UK online auction firm QXL Ricardo faces a hostile bid from Dutch company Florissant after rejecting its takeover offer.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. yesterday launched a $5.3 billion hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange in what analysts say is one of the most aggressive moves yet for market consolidation.
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Austrian oil group OMV announced a takeover offer Tuesday for Hungarian counterpart MOL aimed at creating a central European powerhouse, but its hostile approach ran into immediate resistance.
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Blockbuster Inc., the No. 1 U.S. video rental chain, on Tuesday threatened to launch a &#36;1 billion hostile bid for Hollywood Entertainment Corp. if its smaller rival decides to stick with a previous offer from a buyout firm.
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The London Stock Exchange faces a likely takeover war after Euronext joined the battle for the 200-year-old British institution with a takeover approach pitting it against Germany's Deutsche Boerse.
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The London Stock Exchange  reiterated its opposition to a hostile bid from Nasdaq Stock Market Inc  on Monday, noting that valuations of trading exchanges had risen since its U.S. rival launched its bid.
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Multiplex, the developer of the troubled Wembley Stadium project, is being eyed as a takeover target.
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LONDON  - A bidding war for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) looked increasingly likely after Euronext said it had approached the group about a possible counterbid to Deutsche Boerse&#39;s 2.0-billion-euro offer.
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Business & money: Takeover battle looms after investment fund backed by government of Qatar confirms it is considering a Â£12bn bid for the supermarket chain.
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French reinsurer Scor has launched a hostile bid worth 1.9 billion euros for Swiss group Converium, sparking the prospect of further takeover moves in the sector.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc  is  considering making a hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange  , in which it has amassed a stake of over 25 percent,  weekly UK newspaper The Observer said on Sunday, without citing  any sources.
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The London Stock Exchange has described a hostile takeover bid by US stock exchange operator Nasdaq as &quot;wholly inadequate&quot; and called on its shareholders to reject the offer worth 2.9 billion pounds (4.3 billion euros, 5.5 billion dollars).
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MELBOURNE: Swiss-based miner Xstrata said on Monday it would take its A$7.4bn ($5.8bn) bid for Australiaâs WMC Resources directly to shareholders, turning hostile after WMCâs management rebuffed its offer last month.
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The Irish low-fare airline started a hostile bid for the Aer Lingus Group, in a move that could bring the budget carrier to the U.S.
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A deadline for shareholders of the London Stock Exchange to back a hostile takeover of the LSE by US stock exchange operator Nasdaq was set to expire.
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) Monday launched a hostile A$7.4 billion bid for WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.AU), increasing pressure on Australia&#39;s last sizable
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Blockbuster Inc. BBI.N, the No. 1  U.S. video rental chain, on Tuesday threatened to launch a $1  billion hostile bid for Hollywood Entertainment Corp. HLYW.O  if its smaller rival decides to stick with a previous offer  from a buyout firm.