Asciano's negotiations with a Qube-led consortium over access to its financial books ahead of a formal $9 billion takeover bid sat on a knife-edge on Sunday night after the ports and rail group refused some of the consortium's requests for information. Lawyers spent the weekend negotiating whether, and on what terms, Asciano would give due diligence access to the Qube consortium, including confidentiality provisions. Asciano and Qube are developing rival freight hubs in Sydney and compete with one another to...
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