Australia's Asciano says suitors weigh truce, $6.5 billion joint bid: Reuters

Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc (BAMa.TO) and its Australian rival are weighing a joint A$9 billion ($6.5 billion) bid for Australia's biggest rail and port operator, an unusual measure aimed at ending the fiercest takeover battle now raging in the Asia Pacific after seven months.

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