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/ 30 October 2011
An Australian labour tribunal has ordered Qantas Airways and its unions to immediately terminate all industrial action.
In the absence of any other bidders, SABMiller’s bid for Foster’s is expected to take months to resolve, as it tries for a better deal from SABMiller.
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/ 17 November 2010
Australia’s competition watchdog has stopped South African grocer Pick n Pay’s sale of Franklins supermarket chain, to prevent creating a monopoly.
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/ 30 September 2010
China’s top chemicals company Sinochem is working hard to come up with a plan challenge to BHP Billiton’s $39-billion bid for Potash Corp.
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/ 26 November 2008
Rio Tinto said on Wednesday it was confident it could sell billions in assets to pay down massive debt, despite concerns about a lack of buyers.
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/ 16 November 2007
Rio Tinto is reportedly considering a counter-bid for BHP Billiton as a defence against a Aus-billion takeover proposal from its bigger mining rival, but analysts said such a move was unlikely. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, reported Rio was considering a broad array of potential options to fight off BHP.