Tuesday, June 1, 2004
U.S. companies acted as bidders in both the largest public takeover in Germany in 2003 and the largest public takeover so far in 2004: In June 2003, the U.S. consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) completed a U.S.D 8.3 billion tender offer and acquired German hair-care group Wella AG (Wella). In April 2004, U.S.
