UPDATE: San Miguel Sets Up Bid War With NZ&#39;s Fonterra
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--The Philippine&#39;s San Miguel Corp. (SMCB.PH) Thursday said it is willing to pay A$1.78 billion for National Foods Ltd.
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Santander Central Hispano SA, the biggest bank in Spain and Latin America, may drop its 8.2 billion ($14.9 billion) offer to buy Abbey National Plc if rival bids lead to a long competition
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SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- The San Francisco Giants will look for their sixth straight win Tuesday when they continue a four-game series against the Montreal Expos at SBC Park.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--New Zealand dairy group Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd. (FCO.YY) will outline its takeover bid on Thursday for Australian rival National Foods Ltd.
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LIVERPOOL hope to finally secure the signing of Fernando Morientes by increasing their bid to Â£5m. But reports in Spain today suggest Real Madrid are continuing to block
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Business & money: Insurer Resolution is under pressure to seek talks on a Â£35bn bid from rival Pearl Group.
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England&#39;s friendly with Spain tomorrow night has been overshadowed by a row between Madrid and London Olympic officials. They have clashed over the use of the match to promote the Spanish city&#39;s bid for the 2012 Games.
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San Miguel Corp. chairman and chief executive officer Eduardo M. &quot;Danding&quot; Cojuangco Jr. denied yesterday that he is selling his 20 percent stake in the company to Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.
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Stepping up its expansion binge, Southeast Asiaâs largest food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has launched aA$1.78-billion (US$1.38 billion) takeover bid for Australiaâs
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British bank HBOS announced it would file a complaint to the European Commission regarding Santander Central Hispano&#39;s (SCH) multi-billion-pound bid for Abbey National due to competition issues.
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San Miguel Corp. , Asia's biggest food and drinks group, has agreed to sell its 65 percent stake in a soft drinks venture with Coca Cola Co.  to the U.S. giant for around $700 million, industry sources said.
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SPAIN&#39;S Banco Santander Central Hispano yesterday revealed plans to speed up its Â£8.4bn bid for Abbey in an apparent effort to thwart interest from other possible bidders.
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Britain-based HBOS says it will file a complaint to the European Commission against Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano (SCH) in connection with SCH&#39;s bid to acquire British bank Abbey National
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Southeast Asiaâs largest food and beverage company, San Miguel Corp. , has launched a rival A$1.78 billion ($1.37 billion) bid for Australian dairy group National Foods Ltd.
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The bidding war for Dutch banking group ABN Amro, which has pitted Britain&#39;s Royal Bank of Scotland against rival Barclays, looms large over the London stock market next week.
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Pressure on French advertising group Havas mounted yesterday as it emerged that corporate raider and dissident shareholder Vincent Bollore has asked for seats on the company&#39;s board.
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The Spanish giants placed a statement on their official website in an attempt to dampen speculation linking the frustrated front-man with a move in the January transfer window.