Daily FNArena News - Australia

News Corp and Fairfax are willing to put their differences aside and jointly take on Seek in the online job classifieds market, Crikey reports.

The $4.50 takeover offer for Colorado (CDO) may not be enough according to analysts, who suggest shareholders wait for the company’s response to the hostile bid.

Austock Securities suggests the Timbercorp joint ventre is a more natural owner of Chiquita’s assets and so should be able to extract greater benefits from what are strong market positions.

Nothing has changed since last month regarding discussions between E*trade and St George bank about a wholesale broking service agreement, says E*trade.

While some brokers are concerned that Woolworths is looking expensive at current levels, others argue that the company is on track to deliver solid growth.

Two offers and a strategic review. M&A is still very much alive in Australia.

As predicted, the Q1 update is pulling expectations lower. But should the share price not go up from here?

Although most brokers see little benefit arising from the Zenyth acquisition over the short term, CSL remains one of the highest rated stocks in Australia.

Has the short-lived hype opened the door to litigation? Lawyers, bourse authorities and the corporate regulator are all looking into the matter of CuDeco.

A clarification by the company on its latest drilling results and estimates has caused the share price to halve again.