Intel has confirmed that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of the Global Navigation Satellite System business of ST-Ericsson, extending its investments in positioning technology. The financial terms of the ...
Dermatology products developer Valeant Pharmaceuticals International has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire contact lenses developer Bausch + Lomb Holdings for a cash consideration of $8.7bn, as part of its strategy to enhance ...
Marsh, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Peru-based insurance advisor, Rehder y Asociados Group for an undisclosed amount. Rehder y Asociados Group comprises ...
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Genesys, a provider of customer engagement and contact centre solutions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SoundBite Communications for $5 per share. SoundBite delivers cloud-based proactive collections, payments, and mobile ...
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Post Holdings, the parent company of Post Foods and a manufacturer of ready-to-eat cereals, has reported that its net earnings for the second quarter of 2013 decreased 51.4% to $5.1m, compared with $10.5m for the same period in 2012. For ...
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A plan proposed by Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management last week as an alternative to Michael Dell's proposal to take his namesake company private would leave it short of cash, Dell's board warned the bidders on Monday. It wants ...
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Global property and casualty insurer ACE has completed the acquisition of Mexican personal lines insurer ABA Seguros from Ally Financial for nearly $690m in cash, after offering a $175m pre-closing dividend to the seller. The definitive ...
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Buckeye Technologies Inc. and Georgia-Pacific LLC announced that they have reached a definitive agreement for Georgia-Pacific to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Buckeye Technologies' common stock for $37.50 per share in cash. The ...
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Packaging Dynamics, a portfolio company of investment firm Kohlberg & Company, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Thilmany Papers business unit to a new company. The new company will be formed and controlled by investment funds ...
Multinational insurance holding company AmTrust Financial Services has completed the acquisition of Sequoia Insurance and its subsidiaries, Sequoia Indemnity and Personal Express Insurance (Sequoia), for a consideration of nearly $60m. ...
CECO Environmental Corp has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Met-Pro Corp in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately US$210 million. New York Stock Exchange-listed Met-Pro is a global provider of product recovery, ...
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Blackstone Group has given up its bid for Dell, less than a month after the private-equity fund manager said it was planning to top an offer from founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners. In the so-called ...
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Blackstone Group has given up its bid for Dell, less than a month after the private-equity fund manager said it was planning to top an offer from founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners. In the so-called ...
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP and SMCP Group, a leading ready-to-wear affordable luxury apparel retailer, announced that KKR signed a definitive agreement with SMCP’s current shareholders to acquire a majority stake in the Company ...
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Mobidiag, Genewave and Amplidiag have signed a definitive agreement to combine the three companies to set up a new company, which will offer integrated, high-multiplex diagnostic tests for infectious diseases. Headquartered in Helsinki, ...
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