Despite the offer at a 27% premium from yesterday's trading close of Algeta ASA's shares, the Norwegian company said through a spokesperson that it does not guarantee that it will accept Bayer AG's offer.
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Repsol to give recommendation to YPF deal for less than half of its value - sources
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Men's Wearhouse retaliates by offering a USD1.5 billion bid to acquire Jos A Bank
The USD1.5 billion acquisition bid Men's Wearhouse Inc offered to Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc was the former's form of retaliation after receiving pressure from its largest shareholder Eminence Capital LLC to accept the takeover bid Jos A Bank extended earlier.
Be wary of vanity metrics in Web startups - venture capitalists
Snapchat's rejection of Facebook's USD3 billion acquisition offer raised the question about the true measure of a startup's viability as a profitable company in terms of the number of likes, snaps, and even signups.
Take-Two's share buyback sees full Icahn exit
The resignation of billionaire Carl Icahn's director appointees in Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's board of directors was part of an earlier agreement should Icahn decide to sell his position in the video game publisher.
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Due to the swing of gold prices, South African mining company Gold Fields Ltd had resorted to negotiating with its creditors for an extension of its loan maturities, said Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland.
Tyber Medical, a privately-held medical device company, said it was able to successfully close its initial funding round. Names of the private equity investors who participated, as well as the amount raised were not disclosed.
Greenko Group said it had completed Matrix, its fourth wind farm located in the state of Karnataka. Greenko is a renewable power company based in India backed by the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore.
Yara International will be expanding its South American footprint further with its agreement to acquire OFD Holding Inc from Omimex Resources Inc for USD 425 million.
The growing attraction of UK investors in the Cambridge region saw the decline of interest in startups in Shoreditch, a district which is the breeding ground of social media and e-commerce ideas.
Prologis Inc said it plans to increase rents and spend up to USD 600 million a year for warehouses in Japan. Prologis, based in San Francisco, is the biggest owner of warehouses around the world.
Australia-based task outsourcing platform Airtasker raised an additional USD2 million in a funding round with BridgeLane Capital, Exto Partners, and other private equity investors, to be used for the firm's team expansion.
Philippine-based JG Summit Holdings Inc raised PHP8.8 billion through an overnight equity placement to fund a stake acquisition in Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and other corporate purposes.
France-based biopharmaceutical company Transgene supported the proposal of South Korean contract research and development firm SillaJen Inc to acquire biotherapeutics company Jennerex. Transgene owns 8.5% of Jennerex.
