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Something like that spirit has reawakened in the reign of Elizabeth's namesake, the present monarch. In this similarly acquisitive age, new Elizabethans like Lord Hanson and Sir James Goldsmith appear as contemporary Sir Francis Drakes, wreaking their havoc among clumsy corporate galleons. But the staid giants of British business -- the ships of the line, so to speak -- are hardly less daring in their sorties abroad. Nor have the kingdom's investment managers lagged behind...
B.A.T. was forced to sell Saks as well as the Chicago-based Marshall Field's chain as part of a strategy to fend off a hostile takeover bid led by Sir James Goldsmith, the Anglo-French raider. In an abrupt turnaround early last week, the takeover artist said he would drop his pursuit of B.A.T. But with the Saks sale already in motion and bids running high, the British company went through with the transaction two days later...
...chain, rose 43% last year, to a record $410 million. In its boldest expansion yet, the company said last week it would acquire Chicago-based Marshall Field's, a premier retailer, for $1.04 billion from London's B.A.T. Industries. B.A.T., which is battling a takeover attempt by Sir James Goldsmith, will use proceeds from the sale to buy back part of its stock...
...price tag at more than $1 billion. Tobu plans to promote Saks in Asia. B.A.T. is said to have received several bids for the highly profitable retailer since putting it up for sale last year in an effort to repel a $21 billion hostile takeover by Sir James Goldsmith...
...millimeter wave radio telescopes work by collecting information through antennas and then creating a computer image. The telescopes are able to see cold gas clouds, where stars form, earlier than optical telescopes, thereby giving a better picture of the birth of stars, Goldsmith said...