Endesa, the Spanish power company trying to fend off a hostile bid from Gas Natural of Spain, said yesterday that it would offer a dividend totaling 2.54 billion euros ($3.07 billion) to shareholders, as it reported a surge in profits.
The bank announced Thursday that it would offer a loan program totaling ¥1 trillion, or about $11.7 billion, to financial institutions in the disaster area, in an effort to help them meet future demand for funding needed for reconstruction.
The employers' group, Gesamtmetall, said in August that it would offer an increase up to 4percentt in total compensation, reflecting an expected increase in productivity.
Johnson Controls, based in Milwaukee, said today that it would offer 120 yen a share -- equivalent in total to about $100 million -- to buy all the outstanding shares of Ikeda Bussan.
Panasonic said it would offer ¥131, or $1.45 ,per Sanyo share, for a total price of ¥402.3 billion, and aim for a majority stake in Sanyo, which is the world's largest rechargeable battery maker.
The Norfolk Southern Corporation said yesterday that it would offer early retirement to as many as 1,180 managers, a fifth of the total, as its fourth-quarter profit fell 81percentt on higher costs.
And it would offer opportunities for genuine cooperation with Russia.
It would offer a glimpse into local life, Burton suggested.
For Madoff, it would offer religious accommodations.
It would offer live events.
Perhaps it would offer a little insight.
