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Finance / Australia
Australian soft drinks major Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has turned down an AUD7.6bn (US$4.92bn) merger offering from compatriot brewing giant Lion Nathan. The offer by Lion Nathan, which is 46%-owned by Japanese brewery Kirin, has been rejected by CCA's 30%-owner The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC). The US behemoth is thought to be both displeased with the offer price and unhappy about the...
2008-11-20Finance / Japan
At first glance, it would appear that Japanese banks are in a prime position to engage in a global spending spree. They have largely avoided the worst ravages of the credit crunch,...
2008-11-20Finance / Japan
The announcement by Japanese video game maker Koei on November 18 that it plans to take over rival Tecmo is the latest offer in an industry which has seen numerous deals over the...
2008-11-19Finance / United Kingdom
UK-based Premier Foods has revealed that it would consider selling some of its non-core businesses as it looks to pay down the massive debts it built up through a series of acquisitions over the last two years. The news comes after Premier announced that it had reached an agreement with its lenders to delay a test of its banking covenants, due on December 31 2008, until March...
2008-11-20Finance / Spain
Monterrey-based Cemex, the world's third-largest cement maker, announced on November 7 that it plans to sell its Canary Islands operations to Spanish investment firm Cimpor Inversiones....
2008-11-13Finance / France
France's Lafarge, the world's largest cement maker, announced on November 4 that it is selling its operations in Italy to Sacci. The Rome-based family owned company will pay EUR290mn...
2008-11-06Finance / Brazil
In a BRL389.1bn (US$17.7bn) move that will create the largest financial group in Latin America, Brazilian bank Itau confirmed on November 5 that it will acquire its smaller rival Unibanco. The new company, Unibanco Holding, will boast total assets of BRL575.1bn (US$265bn), easily surpassing the current number one Banco do Brasil and privately held Banco Bradesco. Under the terms...
2008-11-06Finance / Brazil
Japanese exploration group Inpex has received regulatory approval to acquire half of Royal Dutch Shell's 40% stake in Block BM-C-31 in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. The price...
2008-11-05Finance / Peru
Vancouver, Canada-based Cardero Resource has sold its Peruvian Iron Ore property to Nanjinzhao Group. The privately owned Chinese company will pay an initial US$10mn and then a final...
2008-10-30Finance / Saudi Arabia
Leading Saudi Arabian dairy company Almarai has made an offer to take over local company Hail Agricultural Development (HADCO) in a share-swap deal. Almarai, which is the Gulf's largest dairy firm by market value, has offered Hadco shareholders one new Almarai share for every six shares they hold, according to an official statement. The offer therefore represents a 29% premium...
2008-11-11Finance / South Africa
South Africa's Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has made a conditional offer to acquire the entire share capital of the Bond Exchange of SA (BESA) for ZAR173.2mn (US$16.5mn). The...
2008-10-30Finance / Kenya
Kenya's Co-operative Bank is to press on with its initial public offering (IPO) despite the slump in the Nairobi bourse (NSE). The bank, the country's fifth-largest, plans to go public...
2008-10-29Finance / United States
Bermuda-based bond insurer Assured Guaranty (AGO) got a rare bargain on November 14, when it snapped up Financial Security Assurance (FSA), the troubled monoline insurance subsidiary of Franco-Belgium financial services group Dexia, for roughly half the firm's net value. AGO stock rose by 15% on news of the deal, which will see the firm virtually double the size of its financial...
2008-11-20Finance / United States
On November 18 Belgian brewing giant InBev sealed the takeover of US-based Anheuser-Busch for US$52bn to create the world's largest brewer. The enlarged company will now be known...
2008-11-20Finance / United States
The US government's ability to shock has apparently gone out of the window. Hank Paulson recanted on the central purpose of the Troubled Asset Recovery Plan (TARP): using $700bn (actually,...
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