PacifiCare buys AMS for $502 million
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PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. said Wednesday it may look to expand in Wisconsin after completing its purchase of American Medical Security Group Inc.
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Centene Corp., the parent company of West Allis-based health maintenance organization Managed Health Services Insurance Corp., said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy two FirstGuard health plans serving a total of 136,000 members in Missouri and Kansas for
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EMC Corp. of Hopkinton is selling a $218.5 million stake in its VMware Inc. software subsidiary to chip maker Intel Corp. The move comes as EMC prepares to raise up to $949 million by selling about 10 percent of VMware to the public.
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American Electric Power Co. Inc.  AEP.N on Tuesday said it agreed to sell its 25.2 percent  stake in the South Texas Project nuclear plant to two of the  plant's co-owners for about $332 million.
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Iamgold, a Canadian mining company, said that it would buy Cambior, a rival, for about 1.33 billion Canadian dollars ($1.2 billion) in stock, to create a gold mining operation with more than one million ounces of annual production. The deal will push Iamgold to the top of the midtier gold producers and comes six months after the miner bought Gallery Gold of Australia. ÂWe believe it sets the stage for us to join the senior ranks as we move forward in this company,Â IamgoldÂs chief executive, Joe Conway, left, said.
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American Electric Power closed today on the sale of its 50 percent interest in South Coast Power Limited, owner of the Shoreham Power Station (also known as the Brighton Power Station) in the United Kingdom, to ...
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PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. (PHS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , one of the biggest Medicare plan providers, said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy health-care benefits provider American Medical Security Group Inc.
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The business-integration-software vendor also revealed plans to buy back as much as $50 million of its stock over the next two years.
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Polaroid Corp. of Waltham yesterday said it would end 68 years as an independent company and will be acquired by Petters Group Worldwide LLC of Minnetonka, Minn., a private conglomerate the buys and operates consumer products companies, for $426 million.
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Concord Communications Inc., which makes software that manages computer networks, is acquiring privately held rival Aprisma Management Technologies Inc. for about $93 million in cash. Marlborough-based Concord said Aprisma, which is owned by Gores Technology Group LLC, turned an unspecified profit on 2004 revenue of about $43 million. Concord expects the acquisition to add to earnings in 2005. It will ...
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(InfoWorld) - Semiconductor manufacturer LSI Logic said Monday it would acquire Agere Systems, creating a combined chip-making company with enough scale to compete for greater market share in segments including hard disks and digital media players. LSI, of Milipitas, California, will trade stock worth $4 billion for Agere, of Allentown, Penn. The move will push LSI to double its size, growing to 9,100 employees and an estimated $3.5 billion in annual revenue. LSI hopes to use the deal to extend its market in storage and consumer electronics by adding Agere's expertise in storage, mobility and networking, according to a statement by Abhi Talwalkar, president and chief executive of LSI. Agere's top 10 customers are Apple, Cisco, Hitachi, Lucent, Maxtor, NEC, Nokia, Samsung, Seagate, and Toshiba, the company's Web site said. The two companies will also be more streamlined, saving $125 million per year starting in 2008 through "increased efficiencies in manufacturing and operating expenses." The companies did not say whether that plan included layoffs. LSI expects the transaction to close in the first quarter of 2007, pending approval by regulators and by the shareholders of both companies.
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US buyout fund Carlyle Group will pay $400m ($206m) for a 25% stake in insurance company China Pacific Life,  in the country's biggest  private equity deal yet.
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Global mining giant Anglo American said Friday it had bought a 70-percent share in the Foxleigh coal mine in Queensland, northeastern Australia, for 620 million US dollars (432 million euros).
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Australia&#39;s Computershare has agreed to buy EquiServe of the United States for US$292 million ($423 million), making it the largest US share registrar and driving its shares up by a third.
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Two private equity groups -- The Carlyle   Group CYL.UL and Apax Partners -- said on Sunday they have   signed an agreement to sell healthcare marketing services firm   MediMedia USA Inc. to Vestar Capital Partners.
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SAN JOSE, Calif.âCisco Systems Inc. said it has agreed to acquire P-Cube for $200 million in stock and cash to enable service providers to further control and manage such advanced Internet Protocol services
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Ingram Micro Inc. (IM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world&#39;s largest computer products distributor, on Monday said it would acquire Australia-based Tech Pacific for $493 million in cash, including debt.