The mortgage mess continues to reverberate for, among others, the homebuilder....
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After Mars Inc. unveiled April 28 a $23 billion takeover of Chicago-based Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., buzz abounded Cadbury plc, once free from its U.S. drinks business, might look for
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At long last, activist investor Nelson Peltz roped Wendy's International Inc., with an all-stock deal worth nearly $2.34 billion that values Wendy's shares at premium of more than 5.7% to
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Rupert Murdoch is reportedly moving in on a $580 million deal for his latest target: Newsday, the Long Island, N.Y., paper owned by Tribune Co., which he plans to fold
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Blockbuster Inc. went public April 14 with news it had proposed to acquire ailing retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. for up to $1.4 billion. Shortly thereafter, everyone had a
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A single shareholder is trying to stop Japanese drug giant Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.'s latest deal in its tracks by bringing suit to thwart the company's planned $8.8 billion
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It seems U.K. pub groups Mitchells & Butlers plc and Punch Taverns plc are entangled in a curious game of cat and mouse. ...
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Landry's Restaurants Inc., which last year tried and failed to acquire the iconic steakhouse chain Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group Inc. (see more below), is itself weighing its options and
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After months of back and forth on a deal, talks between Brazil's Cia. Vale do Rio Doce, the world's top iron ore extractor, and Anglo-Swiss peer Xstrata plc on a
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