Osprey group makes bid for AWG
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Osprey, an investment group including  Canadian, Australian and British firms, said on Monday it was  making a 2.2-billion-pound ($4.1 billion) offer for water firm  AWG .
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The Army entered negotiations with an armor manufacturer Friday in an effort to accelerate production of armored versions of the Humvee to get them to the troops more quickly, Army and company officials said.
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United States engineering giant UTC has vowed to battle on in its attempts to buy fire extinguisher maker Kidde. The group, whose Â£1.
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EUROPEâS biggest defence contractors will have the chance to bid for a $23 billion (Â£12 billion) air refuelling contract for the US Air Force that has been withdrawn from Boeing.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) - Swiss mining conglomerate Xstrata said Thursday it has offered to buy the entire issued share capital of Australian company WMC Resources for A$7.
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Airbus, the European aerospace giant, is looking for a US partner to bid for a multi-billion dollar contract to supply the US Air Force with aircraft refuelling tankers.
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An investment group is expected to  announce Monday that it has struck a deal to buy British water  utility AWG PLC  for about $4.12 billion (2.2 billion  pounds, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on  Sunday.
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United Technologies Corp., which wants to buy Kidde Plc to add fire equipment to its Chubb security unit&#39;s offerings, raised its bid for the company by about 3 percent to 1.38 billion pounds ($2.67 billion), Kidde said.
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Kidde, the UK fire and safety products company, said yesterday it had accepted a cash offer from United Technology Corporation that values the group at Â£1.442bn.
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The Austrian state holding company that owns 14.7 percent of energy and water group VA Technologie said it will accept German engineering giant Siemens' offer of 55 euros (71 dollars) a share to take over VA ...
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Alcar Chemicals Group Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ACMG) announces today that it has received a competing offer from a consortium located in South East Asia.
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Utility firm AWG says it has agreed a consortium takeover worth 2.213 billion pounds -- but has also received approaches from other bidders.
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American engineering group United Technologies (UTC) yesterday moved a step closer to buying fire extinguisher maker Kidde. Kidde confirmed it was planning to open its books to UTC after receiving a revised 165p-a-share offer from the group.
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TRENTON, NJ -- One of the nation&#39;s biggest drug manufacturers is willing to bet millions of dollars that a nasal spray could become the weapon of choice in the battle of the bulge.
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Swiss mining group Xstrata PLC Monday launched a hostile 7.4 billion Australian dollar (US$5.8 billion; euro4.4 billion) bid for uranium and copper miner WMC Resources LTD, increasing pressure on the independent Australian miner.
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Reports say a group from the horse racing industry has put forward an offer for UK state-owned bookmaker, the Tote.
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AWG, the owner of Anglian Water, accepts a Â£2.2bn takeover bid from a group led by private equity firm 3i.