Eagle Boys devours Pizza Haven
Eagle Boys has sliced further into the Australian takeaway food market with the acquisition of the country's fourth-largest pizza chain Pizza Haven Australia.
EU widens Billiton-Rio Tinto probe
The European Commission on Friday widened its antitrust probe into the proposed acquisition of Rio Tinto Inc. by BHP Billiton Ltd., saying an initial investigation revealed concerns about higher prices and reduced choice for European customers of the mining concerns. 
Sega: 'We Don't Want To Be Activision'
The game company isn't trying to become an industry juggernaut.
Buyback could be the alternative for...
That's the suggestion if OZ Minerals can't find a suitable acquisition for its money. Edited by Jamie Freed.
Suncorp gets thumbs up from S&P
Suncorp lifted some of the gloom surrounding insurers, garnering support from S&P for its $8b acquisition of Promina.
07/18/08
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Vale plans Brazil's biggest share sale
Vale plans to sell as much as $13.3 billion of new shares to fund projects and acquisitions intended to create the world's largest miner.
Credit unions warn: We're no soft target
Australia's 142 credit unions and building societies have a message for regional banks on the prowl for acquisitions: they are not a soft target.
PwC survey points to slowdown
A slowdown in mergers and acquisitions in the retail and consumer sector is expected to continue into 2009.
Brazilian mining giant Vale says it wants to float $14 billion worth of shares
Brazilian mining company Vale said Thursday that it has requested permission to issue US$14 billion in shares to raise cash for acquisitions and growth.
Anheuser-Busch shares fizz on InBev offer
Anheuser-Busch shares rise to a record in New York trading after InBev NV made a $A50b unsolicited cash offer in a bid to form the world's biggest brewer.
Corporate activity slows in retail space
A slowdown in mergers and acquisitions in the retail and consumer sector is expected to continue into 2009, an industry survey has found.
Miners slide again as FTSE treads water
BHP Billiton managed to outperform a falling mining sector after a Merrill
Lynch buy note and the Australian press also reported chief executive Marius
Kloppers saying he...
News Corporation’s first-quarter...
News Corporation, parent company of
The Times, reported a 30 per cent drop in first-quarter profits, as falling revenues from television advertising and declining film studio...
Westpac's RAMS woes
Westpac snapped up a stricken RAMS on the cheap six months ago but the acquisition appears to be backfiring.
06/02/08
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Read all about it! US newspapers fall...
The American journalist was once a notoriously hard-boiled character with
sharp elbows and a press pass tucked into the band of his fedora.
Anglo American to cut mining...
Anglo American is expected to announce a $4 billion ($£2.7 billion) cut in
capital expenditure next year as it lowers production to cope with a drop in
demand for metals.
12/13/08
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Foster's admits wine venture was a disaster
FOSTER'S GROUP has conceded that its $7 billion foray into wine has been a disaster, announcing the shock departure of its chief executive, Trevor O'Hoy, writing down its wine assets by up to $700 million and admitting that it overpaid in its $3.2 billion acquisition of Southcorp.
National Foods finds partner for Dairy Farmers bid
Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings (WCB) has teamed up with National Foods to pursue a joint acquisition of dairy producer Dairy Farmers.
Ousted workers may lose bonus as...
The 6,000 UK staff of Goldman Sachs were last night bracing themselves for a
cull of one in ten of their number as the City's most revered investment
bank sheds jobs to cut...
10/24/08
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French win over Constellation
When Constellation Energy Group Inc. was struggling under a liquidity crisis so severe that it threatened to put the nation's largest wholesale power generator into bankruptcy,...
Market Report: Merger speculation...
The prospect of further mergers and acquisitions in the insurance market strengthened Friends Provident and led to rallies by several of its rivals yesterday. JP Morgan, whose...
CBA considers insurance buys: Citigroup
The Commonwealth Bank will seriously consider making a big acquisition in the general insurance space if one arose, a broker says.
Britain's HBOS sells 2 Australian units
Australia's largest bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd., said Wednesday it had agreed to buy Bank of Western Australia Limited and St. Andrew's Australia from troubled...
Linklaters crowned king of global M&A
Linklaters, the UK based law firm, has claimed first place in a global mergers
and acquisitions league table ousting US rival Sullivan & Cromwell,
which has held the top spot...
01/02/09
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Beadell shareholders approve Cracow plan
Beadell Resources shareholders have okayed the issuing of shares to fund its proposed $280 million acquisition of the Cracow gold mine in Queensland.
Road Looks Smoother For BHP's Rio Bid
Australia's competition regulator greenlighted the takeover proposal, which could signal that the European Commission may decide the same way, putting pressure on the target firm.