France&#39;s AXA Faces Poll Delay In Australian Unit Buyout
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--France&#39;s AXA SA (AXA) faces a six-week delay in its attempt to move to full ownership of its Australian insurance subsidiary, with the Australian
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Barclays PLC, which is competing with Royal Bank of Scotland PLC to buy ABN Amro Holding NV in the largest takeover fight in the financial industry's history, said Monday it received approval from Dutch regulators to delay its proposed takeover.
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Google's long-awaited initial stock sale, which appeared imminent today, has been delayed while the company awaits final approval of its paperwork by the S.E.C.
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PARIS (Dow Jones)--French insurance company AXA SA (AXA) said Monday the collapse of plans to buy out minority shareholders in its Australian business, AXA Asia Pacific
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The takeover bid of $17 per share is now set to expire Sunday, unless the middleware company agrees to put its offer before shareholders for a vote.
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Lear Corp. , which is facing  criticism of billionaire Carl Icahn&#39;s $36-per-share buyout  offer, delayed a shareholder vote on the deal until July 12,  the auto parts maker said on Friday.
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Air NZ requested its shares be placed on the halt ahead of a High Court announcement on the airline&#39;s proposed tie-up with Qantas.
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European stock market operator   Euronext ENXT.PA may have to postpone an extraordinary   shareholders' meeting on its merger plans to the first quarter   of 2007 from December, a German magazine reported.
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AXA Asia Pacific&#39;s French parent claims it will walk away from its takeover offer with no hard feelings. Paris-based AXA SA yesterday withdrew its $4.
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The decision by an Australian tribunal to approve on appeal a plan by Qantas Airways Ltd and Air New Zealand Ltd to form an alliance had come too late for a deal to go ahead, the airlines said.
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Some of Australia&#39;s biggest property interests have placed their shares under a trading halt amid speculation of further major consolidation in the sector.
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Italian airline Alitalia said Thursday that it would postpone until next Tuesday its decision on which buyer it prefers to take over the loss-making company.
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Planemaker Airbus is expected to announce   fresh delays to its embattled A380 superjumbo in coming days, a   French media report said, adding to woes for parent firm EADS   EAD.PA whose shares were also hit by a brokerage downgrade.
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PERTH (Dow Jones)--Australian retailer Foodland Associated Ltd. (FOA.AU) on Monday requested a trading halt on its shares, pending its response to a takeover offer by Metcash Trading Ltd.
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Talks on buying the portion of the Australia-based subsidiary that it did not already own fell apart over price, says France-based AXA SA.
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Shares in Air New Zealand were placed in a trading halt before NZX opened this morning. Air NZ requested its shares be placed on the halt ahead of a High Court announcement on the airline&#39;s proposed tie-up with Qantas.
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The long-delayed merger of French energy groups Suez and state-owned Gaz de France could be announced next week, creating one of Europe&#39;s biggest power companies after 18 months of delays, a source told AFP on Friday.