LifePoint to Buy Rival for $1.1 Billion
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Rural hospital operator LifePoint  Hospitals Inc. LPNT.O has agreed to acquire rival Province  Healthcare Co. PRV.N for $1.125 billion in cash and stock to  broaden its geographic reach, the companies said on Monday.
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Aeroflex Inc. , which provides  technology solutions to the aerospace and other markets, said  it agreed to be acquired by private equity firms General  Atlantic and Francisco Partners for about $1.0 billion.
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British advertising company WPP  said on Sunday it won an auction for U.S. rival Grey Global, with what sources familiar with the matter said was a cash-and-stock deal worth about &#36;1.34 billion.
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- Finish Line Inc. said it agreed to acquire larger rival Genesco Inc.  for $54.50 per share, or about $1.5 billion, in cash to enhance its footwear and apparel portfolio.
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Western Digital buys rival Komag for $1 billion in latest industry consolidation.
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Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless  tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of  infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia&#39;s  Macquarie Group in a deal valued at $1.4 billion.
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Microsoft has offered to buy Norwegian Internet-search software firm Fast Search & Transfer for about $1.2 billion.
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Pfizer Inc. PFE.N is close to an  agreement to buy Angiosyn Inc., a biotech start-up working on a  drug to ward off blindness, in a deal potentially valued at  $527 million, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday,  citing people familiar with the situation.
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DALLAS -- Discount wireless phone service provider MetroPCS Communications Inc. on Tuesday offered to buy rival Leap Wireless International Inc. for about $5.12 billion in stock.
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Ionics Inc., a Watertown water treatment company with global operations, agreed to be purchased yesterday by General Electric Co. for $1.1 billion in cash.
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British advertising company WPP said on Sunday it won an auction for US rival Grey Global, with what sources familiar with the matter said was a cash-and-stock deal worth about $1.
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Oil and gas field surveyor Geophysique will buy U.S. rival Veritas for $3.1 billion in cash and stock, the companies announced Tuesday, establishing a major new global player in the booming oil exploration industry.
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LifePoint Hospitals Inc.  said  on Monday it agreed to acquire Province Healthcare Co.   for about $1.125 billion in cash and stock.
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NEW YORK - General Electric Co. is close to striking a deal to buy SPX Corp.âs Edwards System Technology fire and security business for about $1.
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General Electric Co. is close to striking a deal to buy SPX Corp.&#39;s Edwards System Technology fire and security business for about $1.
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The knee and ankle brace maker said it agreed to be bought by the medical device maker ReAble Therapeutics for about $1.6 billion including debt.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc  has signed a  drug discovery deal with U.S. biotech firm ChemoCentryx  potentially worth up to $1.5 billion in milestone payments and  research funding to the privately owned group.