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The 2011 intervention in Libya, authorized by the United Nations and led by the United States and some NATO allies, has been criticized for two main reasons. First, it was [...]

In 2014, Osisko sold its Canadian Malartic mine to Yamana Gold and Agnico Eagle for C$4.3 billion after escaping a hostile takeover attempt by Goldcorp. It has since become the [...]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that he would be open to discussing a merger with a rival automaker. 'We'd certainly have that conversation,' he told Mathias Dpfner, CEO of [...]

Engie (ENGIY) announced that its board of directors met today to review Veolia's (VEOEY) offer to purchase Engie's 29.9% stake in Suez (SZEVY), which expires at midnight. 'The Board has [...]

Veolia (VEOEY) stated: 'Following constructive discussions with the management of the Suez group since October 1, and as confirmed today to Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, Chairman of the Board of Engie, Veolia [...]

Tribune Publishing is in talks to add Randall Smith, the co-founder of Alden Global, to its board as part of an agreement that would prevent the hedge fund from making [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Reuters has reported Lufthansa has received an EUR 9m bailout from Germany, with an agreement to give Berlin a veto in the event of a [...]

Byline: Raavi Mehta The article highlights the recent changes made in the FDI policy to curb hostile takeovers from Chinese companies On April 17, 2020, the Ministry of Commerce & [...]

Byline: Evan Osnos The Greenwich Rebellion How country-club Republicans learned to ignore their neighbors and love Trump. tifPhoto illustration by Paul Sahre. Photographs by Michelle Pedone / Getty (golf cart); [...]

Xerox (XRX) is giving up on its hostile bid to buy rival HP Inc. (HPQ) after the coronavirus pandemic undermined its ability to pull off the debt-laden merger plan, according [...]

Byline: Velvet Spicer Xerox Holdings Corp. has temporarily suspended its hostile takeover attempt of rival printer giant HP Inc. in light of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Xerox on Friday said [...]

INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The US Bankruptcy Court has granted motions filed by PCT International, Inc. to permit continued business operations of the company while it reorganizes in a [...]

Good corporate governance improves returns. So what? MURAKAMI YOSHIAKI, activist investor and scourge of Japanese boardrooms, knows how to rattle cages. On January 21st his family launched a hostile bid [...]

Byline: Velvet Spicer In another round of unsolicited involvement, Xerox Holdings Corp. has offered up a slate of directors for HP Inc., a move the computer giant called 'self-serving.' As [...]

Byline: Velvet Spicer Xerox Holdings Corp. on Monday said it had raised the $24 billion necessary for its proposed hostile takeover of HP Inc. The document company has received financial [...]

Byline: Velvet Spicer Xerox Holdings Corp. has launched its hostile takeover bid of Hewlett Packard Inc., beginning with an investor presentation made available to HP shareholders on Monday. 'There is [...]

Byline: Sharon Fisher After HPrejectedits acquisition offer,Xerox is playing hardball with bid for a hostile takeover or proxy war. John Visentin, Xerox vice chairman and CEO, does not mince words [...]

Byline: Velvet Spicer Hewlett Packard Inc. on Sunday shot back at Xerox Holdings Corp.'s Thursday letter threatening a hostile bid attempt by issuing its own strongly worded denunciation. 'It is [...]

Byline: Ed Kilgore The quick and almost complete accommodation of the Republican Party to a hostile takeover by Donald J. Trump is justly a major source of perpetual discussion. It [...]

Sycamore Partners has lowered its hostile bid for Chico's for the second time in three months, Liana Baker of Bloomberg reports, citing a letter sent to the retailer's Chairman David [...]

Crane (CR) is planning an all-cash hostile bid valued at $1.7B, including debt, for Circor International (CIR), Ed Hammond of Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The bid [...]

Byline: Peter Sigal Rainer Link oversees engineering at the ePowertrain division of GKN, the U.K. supplier of automotive, aerospace and metallurgy products that was acquired last year in a hostile [...]

Gannett is poised to win its proxy fight with Digital First Media and retain control of its entire board after the hedge-fund backed rival made a hostile bid for the [...]

Anadarko Petroleum (APC) is preparing to endorse a hostile bid from Occidental Petroleum (OXY), The Financial Times' James Fontanella-Khan and Eric Platt report, citing people with knowledge of the matter. [...]

Jefferies analyst Mark Lear downgraded Anadarko Petroleum (APC) to Hold from Buy with an unchanged price target of $78. Occidental Petroleum (OXY) yesterday confirmed weeks of speculation that a superior [...]

Stifel analyst Patrick Ho downgraded Versum Materials (VSM) to Hold from Buy after the company received a revised all-cash offer of $53 per share offer from Merck KGaA (MKGAY) and [...]

Byline: Ed Kilgore Immediately after Donald Trump's hostile takeover of the Republican Party in 2016, it was possible to imagine significant elements of the GOP resisting any enduring Trumpian captivity. [...]

Byline: AARON ELSTEIN ONE OF WALL STREET'S favorite money-making devices, the hostile takeover, is making a comeback. And platoons of bankers, lawyers, proxy advisers and public relations executives are rousing [...]

Newmont Mining (NEM) CEO Gary Goldberg said that Barrick Gold's (GOLD) $18B hostile bid for his company is perplexing to his shareholders and not in the best interest of both [...]

Barrick Gold (GOLD) CEO Mark Bristow said in an interview that the company's $18B hostile bid for rival Newmont Mining (NEM) is a 'logical' transaction that would generate value for [...]

Barrick Gold (GOLD) has studied a bid for Newmont Mining (NEM) as it looks for ways to boost production, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. Barrick has 'looked [...]

Aphria announced that its board of directors has rejected the hostile bid by Green Growth Brands to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of the company including any common [...]

It's 8:14 a.m. on the morning of Monday August 14, 1995. Bill Hecht, the chairman of the Pennsylvania Power & Light Company (PPL), is huddled over a small wooden table [...]

Palms-based hospital and physician group Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. is facing a hostile takeover attempt from one of the biggest hospital chains in the country, Prime Healthcare Services. Ontario-based Prime [...]

A potential bid from Carrefour distracts from Casino's debt woes IS IT possible to reject a takeover bid that has not been made? Such ontological questions rarely bother mergers-and-acquisitions bankers. [...]

Nevsun Resources announced that the parties have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Zijin will make a take-over bid to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares [...]

Argus analyst Jim Kelleher raised his price target on Unilever (UN, UL) to $65 and kept his Buy rating, saying that the company has made progress in its organization structure [...]

Nevsun Resources announced that its board of directors has rejected the hostile offer by Lundin Mining to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Nevsun for C$4.75 per share in [...]

Byline: PCQ Bureau There are certain entities in the technology world who can be best described as predators or more politely 'habitual acquirers'. Oracle has long been recognized as one [...]

Qualcomm (QCOM) CEO Steven Mollenkopf said uncertainty surrounding whether Broadcom (AVGO) could purchase the company weighed on negotiations, but also the hostile approach by Broadcom made the deal difficult, CNBC [...]

According to a Reuters report, The CEO of IAG said, the company is not planning to begin a hostile bid or become involved in a bidding war for Norwegian Air [...]

April 1995 Kirk Kerkorian, Chrysler Corp.'s largest shareholder, launches a hostile takeover bid, valuing the automaker at $22.8 billion, before withdrawing it seven weeks later. August 1995 Daimler-Benz and Chrysler [...]

Daimler has a plan in place if Li Shufu, its biggest stakeholder at 9.7%, planned an unsolicited takeover, according to Automotive News, citing Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche at the Beijing [...]

Citi said Subsea 7's hostile bid for McDermott (MDR) for $7 per share was an interesting and unexpected move, but the firm believes any proposal would have to be closer [...]

Byline: Dave Leggett Investor company Melrose's hostile bid to take control of UK-based engineering firm and major automotive Tier 1 supplier GKN is coming to a head this week. GKN [...]

Jefferies analyst Philip Ng said he believes a deal between USG and 10% shareholder Knauf ultimately will get done at a higher price than the $42 per share bid that [...]

Byline: Simon Warburton GKN and Melrose have yet again locked horns as the bitter hostile takeover battle bid for the British supplier continues apace with a pension proposal from the [...]

Airbus (EADSY) has warned that it would be 'practically impossible' to give new work to GKN (GKNLY) if Melrose Industries succeeds in its GBP7.6B hostile takeover bid, the Financial Times [...]

Byline: Simon Warburton GKN says its technology is contributing to providing answers to increasingly complex environmental pressures as regulatory pressure combined with consumer demand show no sign of dissipating. Relentless [...]

Byline: Dave Leggett The CEO of Dana is in the UK this week meeting with large shareholders in GKN to put the case for its deal over that of the [...]