Coca-Cola Follows PepsiCo's Lead and Buys Its Largest Bottler

The soda rivalry continues as Coca-Cola takes a page out of PepsiCo's playbook.

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Schlumberger's Acquisition of Smith the Latest Evidence of a Takeover Trend

With global energy demand expected to surge over the next decade, straining production, it's no surprise that many of the sector's biggest players...

CNOOC Taps Overseas Markets with Awilco Takeover

By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor After a disappointing string of failed takeovers, CNOOC Ltd. (ADR: CEO) has reignited its foreign expansion...

Novartis to Buy Nestle's 77% Stake in Alcon

By Mike Caggeso Associate Editor Swiss pharmaceutical kingpin Novartis AG (NVS) has agreed to buy Nestle SA's (PINK: NSRGF) 77% stake in U.S. eye...

Clear Channel Takeover On the Verge of Collapse

By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor What would have been one of the biggest acquisitions of the now moldering corporate buyout boom looks to be...

Ratan Tata Hints at Buying Ferrari Stake

By Mike CaggesoAssociate Editor Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata said he would like to buy a stake in luxury sports car Ferrari, a unit of Torino,...

United Technologies Reveals Details of $2.63 Billion Bid For Diebold

By Mike Caggeso Associate Editor Diebold Inc. (DBD), a top maker of voting machines and automated teller machines, rejected an unsolicited $2.63...

Corporate Express Shuns Staples' $3.7 Billion Takeover Offer

By Mike Caggeso Associate Editor Staples Inc.'s (SPLS) $3.7 billion (2.5 billion euro) takeover offer for Dutch rival Corporate Express N.V. (CXP)...

Google Chimes in on Microsoft's Bid For Yahoo

By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor Google Inc. (GOOG) didn't waste any time before weighing in on Microsoft Corporation's (MSFT) takeover bid for...

Call it MicroHoo! or Yahoo!Soft, the Bottom Line is Microsoft's Bid For Yahoo Faces Many Obstacles

From Staff Reports With its $44.6 billion hostile bid for Internet search pioneer Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is poised...

Microsoft Stuns Yahoo! With $44.6 Billion Takeover Offer

By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world's biggest software maker, has made an unsolicited $44.6 billion bid for search...

Takeover Bid For Societe Generale Unlikely

By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor A highly publicized rogue trader scandal has again made Societe Generale (SCGLY) the target of speculation about a...

Carlsberg and Heineken Close in on Scottish & Newcastle

Jason Simpkins Associate Editor Carlsberg A/S and Heineken N.V. (HINKY) have upped their offer to buy Scottish & Newcastle PLC for a fourth time,...

BHP Readying Another Rio Bid

By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor After having its first takeover proposal rejected by Rio Tinto PLC (RTP), BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) appears poised...

Outlook 2008: Three Ways to Profit From A Takeover Market That's Alive and Well

Editor's Note: This is the 13th Installment of an Ongoing Series Highlighting the Global Investing Outlook for 2008. Elvis might be dead. But the...

Garmin Withdraws Tele Atlas Bid; May Become Takeover Target

By William Patalon III Managing Editor Money Morning/The Money Map Report Garmin Ltd. (GRMN), the largest U.S. maker of satellite-navigation devices,...

Three Ways to Profit From the Mining Sector's Takeover Boom

By Martin Hutchinson Contributing Editor If you bought Rio Tinto PLC (RTP) following my recommendation in November's Money Map Report, you've made...

TomTom Bangs Out Higher Bid For Mapmaker Tele Atlas

From Staff Reports TomTom NV, Europe's largest maker of navigation devices used in automobiles, has boosted its bid for digital-mapping company Tele...

Garmin Beats Earnings Estimates, Launches $3.31 Billion Hostile Bid for Tele Atlas; Shares Plunge

By William Patalon III Managing Editor Money Morning The seesaw ride continues for shareholders of navigation-device heavyweight Garmin Ltd., (GRMN)....

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