Business
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April 21, 1989
A South African mining conglomerate launched the largest takeover bid in British history Wednesday with a $4.9-billion offer for Consolidated Gold Fields PLC.
Sept. 22, 1988
Consolidated Gold Fields PLC and Newmont Mining Corp. said Wednesday that they had asked President Reagan to prohibit, on national security grounds, a hostile $4.9-billion takeover of Gold Fields by a South African mining conglomerate.
Oct. 6, 1988
World & Nation
Rupert Murdoch is facing a public outcry and regulatory scrutiny over his reported plans to buy control of Australia’s domestic news agency and tighten his grip on the nation’s main newsprint maker.
Dec. 2, 1987
Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission and others over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million people.
July 22, 2019
Entertainment & Arts
The two major shareholders of British Sky Broadcasting PLC said Wednesday that they reached an agreement on providing additional funding for the money-losing satellite television network.
May 2, 1991
Reed Backs Away From TV Network: Reed International PLC in London said it won’t provide more funds to the money-losing satellite television network British Sky Broadcasting PLC.
April 30, 1991
Onetime rivals unite in an attempt to prosecute the president, who has refused to pardon his predecessor, convicted of corruption in 2003.
July 10, 2005
Nestle SA presented a takeover offer for Rowntree PLC on Tuesday that valued the British confectioner at $3.9 billion and sparked expectations of a bidding war here between Switzerland’s top chocolate makers.
April 27, 1988
WPP Group PLC, making a big pitch to win Ogilvy Group Inc., today raised its buyout proposal for the reluctant advertising firm to $800 million from the previous $725 million.
May 8, 1989