UPDATE 1-Aon sells much of Endurance holding for $320.5 mln
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Insurance broker Aon Corp. (AOC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it sold nearly all of its equity investment in property and casualty insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.
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NEW YORK/LONDON  - Aon Corp, one of the world's largest insurance brokers, said on Monday it has agreed to sell two units for about $2.75 billion and will use the proceeds to buy back shares.
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eBay Inc. EBAY.O offered about $530  million to buy the remainder of South Korean affiliate Internet  Auction Co. Ltd. as it pushes deeper into Asia, saying key  shareholders had accepted a 79 percent increase to an earlier  offer.
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U.S. stocks to watch on Friday: AON  CORP. AOC.N: The second-largest insurance broker said its  quarterly earnings fell because of "softening market  conditions" that, along with the halt of contingent  commissions, led it to withdraw its earnings per share outlook  for the full year.
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Dutch retailer Ahold (AHLN.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) has sold its network of almost 600 Spanish retail stores to private equity group Permira in a deal valued
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AGL has agreed to sell its majority shareholding to Vector at $3.00 per share - a deal worth $877.4 million in total. Bloomberg noted that NGC would provide Vector with North Island gas pipelines, adding to
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(Corrects in third paragraph to show foundation selling 200 million euros' worth of existing shares, not 200 million shares)
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Expects to raise $60m from shares Network storage firm Compellent Technologies seeks to sell up to $60m of common stock in the company's initial public offering.â¦
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NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. Abbott Laboratories has agreed to buy Colorado-based nutrition firm EAS for 320 (m) million dollars. The deal expands Abbott&#39;s growing stable of nutritional products.
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Dutch retailer Ahold has sold its network of about 600 Spanish retail stores to private equity group Permira. The two parties valued the deal at 685m euros ($850m; Â£472m).
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Alcan Inc. AL.TO AL.N, the  Canadian aluminum maker, is considering a sale of its rolled  products business in a transaction that might fetch $4 billion  to $5 billion, after in May announcing a plan to spin the  business off, the New York Post said on Wednesday.
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Time Warner Inc. is giving up its foothold in one of the fastest-growing markets for broadband Internet access with a deal to sell AOL Germany's Internet access business to Telecom Italia SpA for about $870 million.
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Alcoa Inc., the world&#39;s top aluminum  maker, is selling its entire stake in Aluminum Corp of China  Ltd (2600.HK) (Chalco) for up to US$2 billion, reaping a  potential profit on its investment of as much as US$1.9  billion.
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Swiss Life Holding on Friday said it agreed to sell most of its private-equity portfolio, valued at 400 million Swiss francs ($321.2 million), to an affiliate of a U.S. investment firm.
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NEW YORK, December 22  - Russiaâs gas giant, Gazprom (GAZ.FSE), said yesterday that it had sold the holding structure that took part in the sale of Yukoâs main production unit two days before the auction, in a move aimed at avoiding
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Australian Gas Light Company has flagged the sale of its stake in New Zealand&#39;s NGC Holdings, after the Australian energy retailer today reported an 18.
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YESTERDAY Close $54.13 Change -$1.32 52-WEEK High $61.60 Low $53.22 Drug maker Novartis AG posted an 18 percent rise in second-quarter earnings, led by strong sales across its divisions.