The South African group DE BEERS, in negotiations over the creation of a joint-venture with France's LVMH for the marketing of diamonds (see EI of 18 January), has received takeover bid from a consortium headed by Britain's ANGLO AMERICAN allied to CENTRAL HOLDINGS LTD and DEBSWANA DIAMOND, joint-venture between DE BEERS and the Botswana Government. This $16 bn bid ($40 a share) would recast the tangle between DE BEERS and ANGLO AMERICAN. Should it succeed, at the end of the operation, ANGLO...