Westlaw Business Currents - The Legal Lens on Business News http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/MA.aspx (c) 2010 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. en-us Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:30:50 EDT Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:30:50 EDT westlawbusiness-currents@thomsonreuters.com (Westlaw Business Currents Editorial Staff) Billionaire Carl Icahn accused Canadian-headquartered Hollywood studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp of using "scorched-earth" tactics to thwart his takeover bid for the company, and pledged legal action...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100726_0013.aspx?src=RSSMon, 26 Jul 2010 11:07:35 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100726_0013.aspx?src=RSS Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc said it raised its hostile takeover bid for rival Casey's General Stores to $1.88 billion, in a renewed attempt to clinch a deal with the U.S. convenience store chain...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100722_0031.aspx?src=RSSThu, 22 Jul 2010 12:48:47 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100722_0031.aspx?src=RSS Billionaire investor Carl Icahn renewed a hostile takeover bid for Lions Gate Entertainment Corp but at a lower price, ending a 10-day truce in a drawn-out battle for the Hollywood studio...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100720_0020.aspx?src=RSSTue, 20 Jul 2010 11:52:41 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100720_0020.aspx?src=RSS The takeover watchdog has banned activist investor Brian Myerson and two other investors for three years from merger activity, in its first such sanction since 1992...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100714_0013.aspx?src=RSSWed, 14 Jul 2010 13:44:49 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100714_0013.aspx?src=RSS Smaller banks that got U.S. government bailout money are likely to run into trouble repaying it and may become vulnerable to takeovers as a result, a congressional watchdog agency... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100714_0010.aspx?src=RSSWed, 14 Jul 2010 11:45:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100714_0010.aspx?src=RSS Lloyd's of London insurer Brit Insurance said it had rejected an improved takeover proposal from U.S. buyout firm Apollo Management, but signalled it was ready to do a deal at the right price...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100702_0007.aspx?src=RSSFri, 2 Jul 2010 07:49:04 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100702_0007.aspx?src=RSS British company Chloride is to start talks with Emerson Electric after rival suitor ABB pulled out in the face of an improved 997 million pounds ($1.5 billion) offer from the U.S. group...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100701_0026.aspx?src=RSSThu, 1 Jul 2010 08:11:07 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100701_0026.aspx?src=RSS