International Business News - Takeover http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Spain broke European law when it demanded that energy takeovers seek approval from local regulators, the EU's highest court ruled Thursday. The European Court of Justice said Spain violated the EU law that grants companies the right to invest or set up a business anywhere in the 27-nation bloc when it ordered bids for energy companies to be cleared by the country's energy commission, CNE. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/eu-spain-broke-law-on-energy-takeovers.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:19:13 EDT Czech aircraft maker AERO Vodochody has won a Romanian government bid to take over factory Avioane Craiova, the government body in charge of state assets said Wednesday in a press release. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/aero-vodochody-to-buy-avioane-craiova.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:45:13 EDT The U.S. Olympic Committee is taking over USA Fencing's high performance program for this year's Olympics, citing financial problems for the sport's national governing body. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/usoc-to-manage-performance-program-for-usa-fencing.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:20:29 EDT Digimarc Corp. received an unsolicited, $300 million bid from French conglomerate Safran SA, trumping an existing takeover offer for the maker of digital watermarks, the company said late Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/digimarc-gets-higher-takeover-bid-from-frances-safran.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:28:33 EDT Surrounded by royal guards and the occasional tourist, Her Majesty Mahealani Kahau and her government ministers hold court every day under a tent outside the palace of Hawaii's last monarch, passing laws and discussing how to secure reparations for the Native Hawaiian people. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/75460-palace-takeover.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/hawaiian-group-demands-restoration-of-the-monarchy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/hawaiian-group-demands-restoration-of-the-monarchy.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:39:40 EDT St. George Bank Ltd. and Westpac Banking Corp. took another step Monday to pave the way for Westpac's proposed $16 billion buyout of the smaller banking group in a deal that would create Australia's biggest bank. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080526/st-george-westpac-push-ahead-toward-deal.htm Mon, 26 May 2008 16:19:50 EDT Westpac Banking Corp. and smaller rival St. George agreed to a takeover deal Tuesday worth 18.6 billion Australian dollars ($17.5 billion) that would create Australia's biggest bank by market capitalization. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/45774-australia-bank-bid.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/st-george-agrees-to-westpac-takeover.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/st-george-agrees-to-westpac-takeover.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 06:06:29 EDT Canada confirmed Friday its decision to block a foreign takeover of the space and satellite division of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates, the country's leading space technology firm. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/canada-blocks-sale-of-space-tech-firm.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 11:56:34 EDT Canada confirmed its decision to block a foreign takeover of part of the country's premier space technology company MDA. Industry Minister Jim Prentice first turned down the $1.3 billion takeover bid last month for MDA's space division by Alliant Techsystems Inc., a U.S.-based munitions and rocket component maker. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/canada-reaffirms-decision-to-block-sale-of-space-tech-co.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 10:07:50 EDT Microsoft Corp. abandoned its three-month-old bid to buy internet firm Yahoo on Saturday, after the two sides failed to agree on an acceptable sale price. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43816-yahoo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080503/microsoft-cancels-yahoo-bid-google-takeover.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080503/microsoft-cancels-yahoo-bid-google-takeover.htm Sat, 03 May 2008 21:44:33 EDT Native Hawaiian sovereignty advocates briefly chained shut the gates of a historic palace, saying they were reclaiming land of the Hawaiian monarchy that was stolen during the overthrow of the kingdom more than 100 years ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43195-palace-takeover.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/hawaiian-sovereignty-seekers-take-over-palace-grounds.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/hawaiian-sovereignty-seekers-take-over-palace-grounds.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 05:15:10 EDT A Native Hawaiian group that advocates sovereignty locked the gates of a historic palace in downtown Honolulu on Wednesday, saying it would carry out the business of what it considers the legitimate government of the islands. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43149-palace-takeover.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/hawaiian-sovereignty-seekers-take-over-palace-in-honolulu.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/hawaiian-sovereignty-seekers-take-over-palace-in-honolulu.htm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:24:57 EDT A Native Hawaiian group has locked the gates of Iolani (EE-oh-lah-nee) Palace and taken over the grounds of the major downtown Honolulu tourist attraction. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/native-hawaiians-occupy-palace-grounds-in-downtown-honolulu.htm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:26:39 EDT The board of Australian iron ore miner Midwest has recommended shareholders accept a raised takeover bid from China's state-owned Sinosteel Corp. worth almost 1.4 billion Australian dollars (US$1.3 billion; euro830 million). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/midwest-recommends-raised-sinosteel-bid.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:37:26 EDT Trading in the shares of iron ore miner Midwest Corp. was halted Tuesday pending an announcement connected to the first hostile takeover bid by a Chinese company in Australia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/iron-miner-midwest-asks-for-trading-halt.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:23:22 EDT Penn National Gaming Inc., which operates casinos and racetracks, said Thursday it received Mississippi Gaming Commission approval for its pending takeover by two investment groups. Fortress Investm... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080417/mississippi-gaming-commission-approves-penn-national-buyout.htm Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:25:39 EDT Share prices of Australian iron ore developer Midwest Corp. could drop if Sinosteel Corp.'s hostile takeover offer fails, the Chinese bidder warned Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080331/sinosteel-pushes-for-bid-acceptance.htm Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:23:54 EDT China's state-backed Sinosteel Corp. launched a $1.1 billion takeover bid Friday for iron ore miner Midwest Corp. Ltd. in the first hostile approach by a Chinese company for an Australian one. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080313/chinese-steel-company-bids-for-midwest.htm Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:48:21 EDT On the same square where thousands gave Adolf Hitler an adoring welcome in 1938, Austrians marked the 70th anniversary of Nazi Germany's annexation Wednesday by lighting 80,000 candles: one for every person who perished under the regime. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/33942-austria-nazi-takeover.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080312/austria-70-years-since-hitler-takeover.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080312/austria-70-years-since-hitler-takeover.htm Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:43:03 EDT From the new law school building going up on Rutgers University's campus here to duplexes under construction amid boarded up homes, there are signs that the city is changing five years after an infusion of state money began. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080312/report-state-aid-helping-n-j-s-camden.htm Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:17:44 EDT