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Reports on the hostile bid made by Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. to acquire Gold Fields Ltd. in South Africa. Reason for the rejection of the bid by the board of directors of Gold Fields; Impact of the bid on merger negotiations between Gold Fields and Iamgold; Increase of the shares value of Gold Fields.

Reports that shareholders of South African mining company Gold Fields rejected a bid to merge with Iamgold of Toronto. Shift in investors' focus on South African rival Harmony Gold Mining's hostile bid for Gold Fields; Comments of Gold Fields' chief executive, Ian Cockerill, Ferdi Dippenaar, Harmony's marketing director, and others; How the deal for a merger with Iamgold was defeated.

Reports that mining company Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd. has won a crucial legal victory in its bid to fend off a multimillion-dollar hostile takeover from the Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. in South Africa. Opinion of the Competition Appeal Court on the case; Implication of the victory for the planned merger between Gold Fields and Iamgold Corp.; Comments of executives regarding the ruling of the Competition Appeal Court.

Reports that Harmony Gold Mining, the largest miner of South African gold, made a hostile bid to acquire Gold Fields Ltd., another South African miner, for 52.9 billion rand ($8.2 million) in stock. Beginning of a bitter takeover battle to create the world's largest gold producer; Potential for the unsolicited offer to derail a $2.1 billion merger deal reached in the summer to combine Gold Fields and Iamgold of Canada; Rejection of Harmony's bid by Gold Fields.