Terra Industries said on Wednesday that it has deemed a new $4.7 billion takeover offer by CF Industries Holdings is superior to a $4.1 billion deal it had already signed with Yara International of Norway.
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Terra Deems CF’s New Bid Superior to Yara Offer
The American International Group was close to completing a deal to sell a big life insurance unit to MetLife for about $15.5 billion, people briefed on the matter told DealBook on Sunday, in what would be a second big transaction in one week to help repay its taxpayer-financed rescue.
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A.I.G. Is Set to Sell a Life Insurance Unit to MetLife
The hedge fund Elliott Associates, a large shareholder of Novell, said Tuesday afternoon that it was offering to buy the business software company in a deal valued at about $2 billion.
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Elliott Associates Offers to Buy Novell
Prudential P.L.C., the British financial services firm, is in talks with the American International Group over a potential deal for the American firm’s giant Asia life insurance operations, people briefed on the matter told DealBook on Saturday.
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Prudential P.L.C. in Talks to Buy A.I.G. Asia Unit
Morgan Stanley said Tuesday that its chief legal officer, Gary G. Lynch, was stepping aside to concentrate on his duties as vice chairman in London, working with regulators overseas.
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Top Legal Officer Stepping Aside at Morgan Stanley
Simon Property Group on Tuesday made an unsolicited $10 billion bid for General Growth Properties, a rival mall operator that is trying to emerge from bankruptcy protection.
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Simon Bids $10 Billion for General Growth Properties
Grupo Televisa said in a statement on Monday that it has agreed to buy a 30 percent stake in NII Holdings’ Mexican telecom unit for $1.44 billion in cash, giving the Mexican broadcaster a major toehold in wireless services.
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Televisa to Buy 30% Stake in Nextel Mexico
Motorola confirmed on Thursday that it plans to reorganize itself into two independent companies by the first quarter of 2011, with its mobile handset unit to be combined with its set-top boxes in order to be spun off into a publicly traded company.
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Motorola Confirms New Plan to Split Itself
A former executive of Intel became the 10th person to plead guilty in the Galleon Group insider trading case after admitting in court on Monday afternoon that he had passed confidential corporate information to Galleon’s founder, Raj Rajaratnam.
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10th Person in Galleon Insider Case Pleads Guilty
JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon pulled in a roughly $17 million bonus in restricted stock and options for 2009, making him one of the best-paid banking chiefs around.
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JPMorgan’s Dimon Gets $17 Million Bonus