Shares of Time Warner, which rejected an $ 85 - per -
share bid from Rupert Murdoch in 2014, have climbed 15 % to almost $ 92.
Not exact matches
Apart
from possible scrutiny
from the CCI, a
bid from Amazon also comes with the risk of having to
share highly competitive data during due diligence.
This week, JP Morgan upped its
bid from $ 2 a
share to $ 10 a
share, meaning that the punishment meted out to Bear stockholders for the firm's reckless behavior is much less draconian.
The Maple Group, a collection of some of the country's biggest financial institutions, already raised its
bid for the TMX earlier this week
from $ 48 to $ 50 a
share.
The state government has cast a wide net in its
bid to boost defence - related work in Western Australia, with 16 small businesses — ranging
from a landscape gardener in Port Hedland to a signage contractor in Bellevue —
sharing in the latest round of defence - specific grants.
Toshiba wants to sell its
share to offset massive losses in its Westinghouse nuclear power business, and Western Digital is leading a consortium that's
bidding for that
share, while at the same time engaging in a legal fight to stop the sale
from going ahead unless it gets first refusal.
(The highest competing
bid at the time,
from investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management, was valued at a little over $ 14 per
share, but had arguable downsides in its details.)
GGP has received a nearly $ 15 billion
bid from Brookfield to acquire the
shares it currently doesn't own in the REIT.
Macquarie Research lowers its rating to neutral
from outperform for Comcast
shares, citing concerns over the media company's
bid for Sky.
Broadcom earlier this month upped its offer to $ 82 a
share, or roughly $ 121 billion,
from the initial
bid of $ 105 billion.
Macquarie Research lowers its rating to neutral
from outperform for Comcast
shares, citing concerns over the
bid for Sky.
Not every buyer was that interested in
bidding, so posted retail prices emerged and quickly overtook both
share in items sold and revenue
from auctions.
The takeover
bid, which Qualcomm opposes, would propel the combined company into third place in terms of market
share in the global semiconductor industry, as this chart
from Statista indicates.
Last week Sprint had to raise its offer for wireless service provider Clearwire to $ 5 per
share from $ 3.40 per
share to fight off a rival
bid of $ 4.40 per
share from Dish.
COPENHAGEN / STOCKHOLM, Feb 12 - Danish telecoms operator TDC has been approached by a potential bidder for all of its
shares and will withdraw
from its $ 2.5 billion takeover of MTG's broadcasting and entertainment business if such a
bid materializes.
That
bid ultimately failed, although it did force General Dynamics to amend its offer to acquire all outstanding
shares of CSRA for $ 41.25 per
share in cash, an increase
from the original $ 40.75 per
share offer.
The company (and its bankers) would then move down
from the top
bid until it reached the highest price at which it could sell all the
shares it wanted to offer.
McDermott International — The oilfield services company rejected a $ 7 per
share takeover
bid from Norwegian peer Subsea 7, according to a statement
from Subsea 7 this morning.
Daryanani said that if Qualcomm is to accept a
bid from Broadcom, it would likely be higher than that initial offer of $ 70 a
share.
The Sidewalk Labs proposal in the competitive
bid for the project floated all kinds of technological dreams: a thermal energy grid that would be carbon neutral, sensors that separate waste
from recycling, modular buildings that convert
from retail to housing, monitors that track noise and pollution, self - driving transit shuttles,
shared - ride taxibots, adaptive traffic lights, delivery robots, heated bike paths and sidewalks that melt snow on their own.
The recent stock market and real estate bubbles are much like pyramid schemes in the sense that what is
bidding up stock and property prices is an exponential inflow of new money
from pension plans and mutual funds (for
shares) and bank credit (for real estate).
Pershing was buying
from Feb. 25 through April 21; the only Form 4 filer that I found selling during that time was the executive vice president of HR, Scott Sherman, who sold 4,500
shares for $ 139.85 on the last day of Pershing Square's buying, right before Valeant announced its
bid.
That's until Vision received a
bid from Pulse Health (PHG) valuing it at $ 0.88 per
share, a 33 % premium to the prior
share price.
Shares of Sprint climbed 17 % in the wake of news that the telecom company might once again be in talks to get an acquisition
bid from rival wireless carrier T - Mobile US (NASDAQ: TMUS).
On May 16, Gannett, which has discounted Tribune Publishing's recently unveiled digital strategy as «unproven,» and questioned Ferro's publishing track record, boosted its all - cash offer to acquire Tribune Publishing to $ 15 per
share,
from an unsolicited $ 12.25 - a-
share bid that was rejected.
ICE purchased the company
from BGC Partners and GFI, a subsidiary of BGC, for approximately $ 650 million in ICE
shares, and in the process, beat out competitor CME Group, which also had
bid for Trayport.
But until they can find sellers
from whom to buy the
shares they will have to keep increasing their
bid.
Comcast CMCSA, -0.93 % has rolled out a $ 30.72 billion
bid for U.K. broadcaster Sky SKY, +0.44 %, sending those
shares higher and trumping a
bid from 21st Century Fox FOX, +0.55 %.
After buying your
shares he will raise the
bid if he has to buy more
shares from other investors.
The $ 14 billion British medical technology firm's
shares jumped on a report of
bid interest
from Stryker, only for the U.S. rival to rule out
bidding for six months.
On Monday, it said its offer was unconditional as it raised its
bid to $ 9.20 a
share, subject to achieving majority control,
from the earlier $ 9 - a-
share bid.
The arrival of a takeover
bid is usually welcome news for
shares prices; Treasury Wine Estates stock soared 18 per cent when the company rejected a
bid from KKR.
The company last week received a $ 5.20 - a-
share bid from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and its junior partner, Rhone Capital, which itself was an improvement on KKR's original standalone offer of $ 4.70 per
share.
Shares in Treasury Wine have rallied nearly 25 per cent since KKR's
bid was made public, signalling investors are expecting a better
bid from the US fund or for another player to soon join the auction with a price set at least above $ 5 per
share.
While the
bidding war had driven the value of WCB
shares from about $ 4 to over $ 9 in a matter of weeks, Ms Britnell said she was concerned about the future of the industry and the fate of WCB.
Even after the
bids rose
from Bega's initial cash and scrip offer, which valued WCB at $ 5.78 in September, to Saputo's unconditional $ 9 a
share and Murray Goulburn's $ 9.50 offer, Mr Renyard wasn't thinking about a one - off cash injection.
In a make or break
bid to win back our previously weighty
share of the British meat market, the industry is recruiting help
from UK investors in Australian agriculture.
On Monday, Saputo raised its
bid to $ 9.20 a
share, subject to achieving majority control,
from its earlier $ 9 - a-
share bid and declared its offer unconditional.
Bega pulled out of the takeover race in December, but the
bidding war has pushed WCB's
share price
from about $ 4 to more than $ 9.
It's hard to imagine that just three years ago Murray Goulburn was offering $ 4.35 a
share, compared with the $ 7.50 per
share it offered on Friday, blitzing a Warrnambool - board - endorsed, $ 7 - a-
share bid from Saputo.
Bega's cash and scrip offer has received short shrift
from the WCB board and at every step of the
bidding process the WCB board has questioned the worth of Bega's
shares.
Kroenke has turned down
bids from Usmanov in the past, with his own intentions to one day buy out the Russian's
share and have full ownership over Arsenal.
They could have had a
bidding war between Silent Stan and Usmanov but that never happened, we read one day about how the pact had broken and
shares had been sold, no
bidding war, no asking for more
from Usmanov.
This led to a lock - down on
share disposal
from the Board initially and ultimately on the death of Danny Fiszman to the sale of his
shares to Stan Kroenke who then exceeded 30 % shareholding and had to make a formal
bid to all other shareholders.
Since Arseblog News broke the story about Stan Kroenke's
bid for Alisher Usmanov's
shares we have been waiting for a response
from the Arsenal's second largest shareholder.
Russian businessman Usmanov has previously made a formal # 1billion
bid to buy Arsenal, which led to a statement
from KSE UK in May 2017 re-affirming their position that the «
shares are not, and never have been, for sale,» adding Kroenke's organisation was «a committed, long - term investor in Arsenal and will remain so».
According to the story, Alisher Usmanov made a massive $ 1.3 billion
bid last month to take the majority
share of Arsenal
from current shareholder, Stan Kroenke.
«We made # 20 million available
from our dedicated funding for domestic abuse services, of which all local authorities in England were able to
bid for a
share.
Bellone also said Suffolk is backing a
bid by Brookhaven Town to win a competitive
shared services grant
from the state.
ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio traveled to Albany on Wednesday to submit his opening
bid for the city's
share of the state budget and request new authority for his administration
from state officials who did not seem entirely happy to see him.