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Berkley adopts poison pill

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Berkley Petroleum Corp. has implemented a poison pill so that it would have time to seek a higher acquisition bid than Hunt Oil Co.'s hostile takeover attempt. Hunt Oil made an acquisition offer of C$1.03 billion.

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U.S. rival trumps Hunt's bid for Berkley; Anadarko offers $1.17-billion in cash (Anadarko Petroleum Corp., outbids Hunt Oil Corp., for Berkley Petroleum Corp.)

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United States' Anadarko Petroleum Corp., offers to buy Canadian oil company Berkley Petroleum Corp., for $1.17-billion. Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corp., offering to pay cash for the acquisition may affect Dallas-based Hunt Oil Co.'s bid for Berkley Petroleum Corp.

Financial management, PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS, Petroleum, Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., APC

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Hunt Oil snaps up Chieftain

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In a deal worth $600 million, Hunt Oil Co. buys Chieftain International Inc.

Chieftain International Inc., CID

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