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In addition, the Rouse Co. is studying potential downtown development projects in eleven cities, among them Miami Beach and Denver. It is bidding against several other organizations for the contract to complete the Faneuil Hall complex by developing 70,000 sq. ft. between the market and the harbor. In Philadelphia...
During the last two weeks of bargaining for Conoco, Seagram was no longer a serious contender. In spite of its nearly $3 billion bankroll, the Canadian distiller could not stay in the bidding with even better-heeled rivals. Seagram's final proposal was $92 per share.
When last week's deadline for investors to sell stock approached, Du Pont had received 47.3 million shares, or 55%, of Conoco stock. Mobil had managed to acquire only 736,000 shares, while Seagram had almost 27 million shares. After its takeover bid had failed, Mobil sold its Conoco...
The end of the battle for Conoco has probably not meant the end of the bidding war for oil companies. Those oil firms remain very attractive takeover candidates because of their rich natural-resources reserves. Moreover, more than half a dozen corporations have some $34 billion in bank credit lines...
Baseball's off-field problems began heating up in 1975, when an arbitrator, backed by an appeals court judge, threw out the then 86-year-old reserve clause that bound a player to his club until he was either traded or retired from the game. In the most recent...