ICI rejects Akzo Nobel bid worth 14 billion dollars
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Chemicals group Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) said on Monday that it had rejected a takeover offer of 7.2 billion pounds from Dutch rival Akzo Nobel.
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The London Stock Exchange  reiterated on Tuesday its rejection of a 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) bid from U.S. rival Nasdaq Stock Market Inc .
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The London Stock Exchange today rejected a Â£1.35bn takeover approach from German rival Deutsche BÃ¶rse, but held open the prospect of further talks.
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) today rejected an offer from Deutsche Borse, its bigger German rival, valuing it at about Â£1.35 billion ($2.6 billion), or 530pence per share, a significant premium to Fridayâs closing price of 430 pence.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. Directors of Pennsylvania&#39;s state-run student loan program today rejected an unsolicited (b) billion-dollar takeover bid by industry giant Sallie Mae.
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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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Manchester United have confirmed that they have rejected a takeover plan from American businessman Malcolm Glazer. That and this report from The London Telegraph.
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The largest shareholder in the Nikko Cordial Corporation has rejected a $10.8 billion takeover offer from Citigroup, saying that the price is too low. The shareholder, Harris Associates of Chicago, which manages money for individual and institutional investors, believes that Nikko is worth more than 2,000 yen a share, the chief investment officer, David G. Herro, said. The offer made by Citigroup was for 1,350 yen. The share price of Nikko, which is based in Tokyo, advanced 14 percent before the Citigroup offer was announced on Tuesday and it rose another 1.3 percent yesterday, closing at 1,357 yen a share. Harris owns about 7.5 percent of Nikko.
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South African gold producer Gold Fields has rejected a $8.2bn (Â£4.5bn) bid by rival Harmony which would have created the world&#39;s largest gold company.
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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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The European Union rejects Neurochem's lead drug.
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Swiss reinsurance group Converium has said that it had rejected a takeover offer worth 1.9 billion euros from French company Scor.
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ICI calls on the Takeover Panel to issue a "put up or shut up" order to Akzo Nobel, the FT claims.
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The board of Scania trucks rejected immediately a takeover bid by German industrial group MAN of 9.6 billion euros (12.2 billion dollars) intended to create a world leader in the sector for lorries and utility vehicles.
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AMSTERDAM -- Schering-Plough Corp. agreed to buy Akzo Nobel NV's drug-making division Organon for $14.4 billion to gain the world's third-largest maker of birth-control pills and a stable of experimental medicines.
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Dutch chemical group Akzo Nobel NV   said on Monday it is selling its  pharmaceutical unit Organon BioSciences to Schering-Plough   for 11 billion euros ($14.5 billion).
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Britain&#39;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.