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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... cents to $32.85 and Rio Tinto shedding 34 cents to $53.25. Meanwhile, construction products firm Alesco has recommended a takeover offer from paint giant DuluxGroup after reaching agreement with its suitor. Dulux shares were up two cents to $3.24, and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... profit by 16 per cent as it continued to grow its broadband and mobile customer numbers. Building products supplier and takeover target Alesco Corporation was 0.5 cents higher at $1.905 as it said it expected its first half profit to be well ahead of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... $US1,703.55 per ounce. Making news on Friday, bottling company Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) said it had completed its $58 million takeover of the maker of Fiji Bitter, but added it would not take total control of the brewer. The stock was up 7.5 cents at $13.885. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... per cent, to $1.19. Billabong shares were flat at $1.27 after the clothing retailer said it would formally consider a takeover after receiving its second offer in the space of six weeks. Meanwhile, News Ltd chief Kim Williams has accused the federal ...

Loss "disappointing": Austock

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... alone did not have the capacity to help it achieve that potential." Austock's property business was the subject of dual takeover bids from Mariner Corporation, and the eventual winner Folkestone - which saw Mariner take Austock to the Takeovers Panel. ...

ClearView positive about CCP takeover offer

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... The board of ClearView Wealth has entered into an implementation agreement with CCP BidCo after it made an increased takeover offer of five cents extra per share, following a rejection of its initial offer some three weeks ago. CCP BidCo, an entity owned ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... Media shares opened four cents higher, after it reported net profit rose by 97.1 per cent to $226.9 million following its takeover by West Australian Newspaper Holdings. Blood products group CSL gained $1.13 to $42.64 after it said annual net profit ...

Mariners bid underdone

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
Mariner Corporation was this morning considering an appeal, after the Takeovers Panel ruled that it couldn't count on the funding for its proposed bid for Austock. Darren Olney-Fraser, Mariner CEO, was unable to confirm the appeal, but said a meeting ...

APA ups HDF offer

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... fund's books earlier this week. This ups the ante on the battle for the infrastructure fund, which is also subject to takeover bid from Pipeline Partners Australia (PPA). APA's previous offer had an implied value of $2.00 per Hastings Diversified Utilities ...

Folkestone forced to pay cash

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... walking away from sales, however the original fee was considered excessive. The property business was also subject to a takeover attempt by Mariner Corporation, which applied to the Takeovers Panel after it claimed the proposed sale of the property business ...