Second U.S. buyout firm bids for Australia's Fairfax Media: Reuters

Australia's oldest newspaper publisher Fairfax Media Ltd (FXJ.AX) on Thursday said it has received a takeover bid worth as much as A$2.87 billion ($2.13 billion) from a second U.S. private equity firm, sending its shares sharply higher, Reuters reported.

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