Canadian Oil Sands holds the largest stake in the Syncrude oil-sands mining consortium. Canadian Oil Sands shareholders have until Friday to accept Suncor’s offer of 0.25 of a share for each share of the oil-sands producer, a deal currently valued at about 4.28 billion Canadian dollars ($3.09 billion). Suncor so far has resisted requests to sweeten its bid, which Canadian Oil Sands’ board and at least one large institutional shareholder have repeatedly rejected as inadequate. Suncor Chief Executive Steve Williams said the offer remains fair, especially since crude-oil prices have continued to fall after making its bid in early October , but indicated Suncor hasn’t completely shut the door on additional incentives to win over more shareholders. “It’s highly improbable (but) I wouldn’t rule anything completely in or out,” Mr. Williams said in an interview. Canadian Oil Sands, the largest owner of the giant Syncrude oil sands mining consortium, […]