Woolworths says it is still open to bid talks
Richard North, the chairman of Woolworths, said that the door remained open to bidders for the business as he defended the board's decision to reject an offer from Malcolm Walker, the founder of Iceland.
UK retailer Woolworths rejects takeover bid
British retailer Woolworths Group PLC's share price shot up as much as 23 percent on Monday, after it rejected an offer from Iceland Foods Ltd for its retail division. By noon Monday (1100 GMT) Woolworths shares were up 11 percent to 7.41 pence (US$0.14) in London. 
Iceland 'in bid for Woolworths'
The boss of the Iceland frozen food chain offers to buy troubled retailer Woolworths' network of 815 stores, reports say.
Steve Johnson takes £9m challenge to...
The executive who sold Focus DIY for £1 last year is on his way to becoming a
£9 million man after landing the top job at Woolworths.
Sugar snaps up 4% of Woolworths
Sir Alan Sugar, the irascible host of the BBC show The Apprentice, has
acquired a stake of almost 4 per cent in Woolworths, the embattled high
street retailer.
Be patient: Wesfarmers boss insists...
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Wesfarmers chairman to step down
Wesfarmers chairman Trevor Eastwood will step down from the post in November to be succeeded by current deputy chairman Bob Every.
Deloitte is a worrying spectre at...
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story at Woolworths enters a new, potentially brutal, chapter. Just when
Steve Johnson, the...
Steve Johnson to run Woolworths
Woolworths, the troubled high street retailer, has appointed Steve Johnson, the former chief executive of Focus DIY, as its new chief executive. He replaces Trevor Bish-Jones, who left in June after more than six years seeking to resolve the group's problems.
Woolworths losses near £100m and it scraps dividend
Woolworths, the pick-and-mix to kitchen pots retailer, today pledged to implement a root-and-branch reorganisation of the flailing business under its new chief executive after reporting a half-year pre-tax loss of nearly £100 million.
Wesfarmers shares up with rising success
Wesfarmers shares rose 1.8 per cent Monday after the company finalised part of a $2.5 billion equity raising and opened it to retail shareholders.
Wesfarmers gas shock
Wesfarmers says pretax earnings may be cut by $20 million per month due to the gas outage in Western Australia.
Woolworths rings the changes
WOOLWORTHS, whose 820 stores in Britain sell goods from appliances to sweets, has announced that its chief executive officer, Trevor Bish-Jones, will leave after deteriorating...
Head of Woolworths to step down
Retail group Woolworths says its chief executive is to step down as it reports a further decline in sales.
Woolworths chief executive quits as...
Trevor Bish Jones, chief executive at Woolworths, is stepping down from one of
the high street's oldest retailers after more than six years of struggling
to put the group back...
Woolworths hit with £350,000 market...
Woolworths, the UK retailer, has been fined £350,000 by the Financial Services
Authority (FSA) for taking too long to disclose sensitive information to the
stock market.
Woolworths announces cutbacks after record loss
The new chief executive of Woolworths plans to eliminate the company's final-salary pension scheme, cut jobs and sell stores after the ailing high street retailer reported a record £100 million half-year loss yesterday.
Woolworths shares crash to seven-year low after profit warning
Shares in Woolworths crashed this morning to a seven-year low after the retailer issued a profit warning, saying that sales declined in the first half.
Woolies pressured to cut ties with APP
An activist group wants Woolworths shareholders to pressure the supermarket giant to stop sourcing paper products from one of Asia's largest pulp companies.
Fuel's gold as a million people play...
WOOLWORTHS has left the door open for its new discount fuel card to morph into a sophisticated customer loyalty card similar to that pioneered by the British supermarket giant...
Woolworths’ suitor set to sweeten...
Hilco, Woolworths’ suitor, has sweetened the terms of its £1 offer for the company’s retail division, keeping crisis talks over the company’s fate alive.
Government wades in to save Woolworths
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Woolworths desperate for buyer amid...
Just a year shy of celebrating its centenary, retailer Woolworths Group PLC was on the verge of collapse Thursday as financial administrators appointed to the company raced to...
Woolworths considers options for DVD...
Woolworths has responded to speculation that it is using investment bank UBS to sell its 40 per cent stake in the DVD publisher 2entertain. In a Stock Exchange statement,...
Wesfarmers in trading halt
Share trading in Wesfarmers was halted today ahead of a retail entitlement offer.
Wesfarmers tips strong earnings growth
Wesfarmers expects earnings this financial year to increase significantly after delivering a rise in annual profit.