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Numericable sweetens offer for SFR - report
2014-03-13 17:36:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Altice has raised its offer for SFR, following an improved bid from rival Bouygues Telecom, the paper Le Figaro reported. Altice, the owner of French cable operator Numericable, is now offering EUR 11.75 billion cash, compared to EUR 11.3 billion from Bouygues, people familiar with the matter told the paper. A committee at Vivendi will consider the bids 13 March, and the full board will discuss the offers on 14 March. Unlike Bouygues, Altice did not make a public announcement about the higher offer. The company earlier said it would not raise its initial bid of EUR 10.9 billion cash and a 32 percent stake for Vivendi in the new group. Bouygues raised its bid by EUR 800 million, to EUR 11.3 billion cash plus a 43 percent stake for Vivendi.
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BlackBerry Sweetens BBM for Android and iOS
2014-02-14 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
After releasing its BlackBerry Messenger chat app for Android and iOS devices to considerable fanfare last fall, BlackBerry on Thursday announced that it had expanded the app's functionality on those platforms with two key features. Previously available only to users of BlackBerry's own mobile platform, BBM Voice and BBM Channels are now part of the company's offerings for Android and iPhone.
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Google sweetens EU antitrust offer
2014-02-05 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia encouraged by search giant's concessions to rivals.
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Novartis sweetens investors with $5 billion share buyback
2013-11-22 11:36:41| Biotech - Topix.net
Swiss drugmaker Novartis offered a sweetener to investors on Friday by starting a $5 billion share buyback program, but shied away from announcing any radical surgery to its structure.
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ADM sweetens its GrainCorp offer
2013-11-17 22:58:32| Agriculture - Topix.net
Archer Daniels Midland executive Ian Pinner says the US group will seek to address farmers' concerns about its takeover bid for GrainCorp. Grain growers are concerned that the deal will adversely affect competition in the grain handling industry, due to GrainCorp's extensive network of silos and ports.
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