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Casey's General Stores Inc., the U.S. Midwest convenience store group, sent a letter to its shareholders Monday urging them to reject outright Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.'s plan to replace the present board with a slate of new directors.
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Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. announced early Monday that its board of directors voted unanimously to reject the unsolicited $38.6-billion U.S. offer by Australian mining giant BHP Billiton PLC, and acknowledged that other companies have expressed interest in bidding for Potash Corp.
Markets opened higher Monday as global merger and acquisition activity continued to heat up, suggesting companies are optimistic about the economic recovery.
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Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan's board of directors has formally rejected BHP Billion's unsolicited US...
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