Fisher &amp; Paykel buys US company
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New Zealand&#39;s biggest appliance maker Fisher and Paykel Appliances said today it acquired United States manufacturer and distributor of premium cooking appliances, Dynamic Cooking Systems.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson (JNJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will buy Guidant Corp. (GDT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) for $23.9 billion in cash and stock, giving the health-care products
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NEW YORK, September 27  - Ingram Micro Inc (IM.NYS) has reached a definitive agreement to buy Tech Pacific, an Australian IT product distributor, for about $493 million in cash, including debt assumptions.
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Microprocessor designer Arm Holdings buys US tech firm Artisan for about $913m.
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A private equity firm buys its medical-imaging division.
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The world's leading sports management and marketing firm is to be bought by a New York  investment firm for an undisclosed fee.
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NEW YORK, September 29  - Sears Roebuck &amp; Company (S.NYS) has finalized its previously announced acquisition of 50 stores from Kmart Holding Corporation (KMRT) for $575.
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IT services company Synstar plc, of Bracknell, England, has been acquired by Hewlett-Packard Co., of Palo Alto, for about $293.3 million.
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the US buy-out giant, last night agreed to buy Masonite International, a Canadian door products manufacturer, for about C$3.1bn (US$2.5bn) in cash.
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Texas power company TXU Corp.  has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.  and Texas Pacific Group  for about $32 billion in the largest leverage buyout in history, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.
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WORLEY Group became a true global player in mining services yesterday with the acquisition of an American partner. The $US245 million ($A350 million) purchase of US-based Parsons E&amp;C will turn Worley into a near billion-dollar business.
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Palo Alto-based Hewlett-Packard Co. has bought IT services company Synstar plc, of Bracknell, England for about $293.3 million. Synstar has some 1,500 customers across Europe, selling IT support for various computer platforms.
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WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--New Zealand medical equipment maker Fisher &amp; Paykel Healthcare Corp. (FPH.NZ) said Wednesday it is confident it can better the high revenue growth
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Johnson &amp; Johnson announced last night that will buy medical-device maker Guidant for $23.9 billion in cash and stock. The deal, approved by both boards but subject to regulator approval, is one of the largest
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Morgan Stanley and Apax Partners Worldwide LLP agreed to buy Chicago-based Hub International Ltd. for $1.8 billion in the second buyout of a US insurance brokerage in six weeks.
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Dollar General Corp. said Monday it is being acquired by private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp; Co. for about $6.87 billion in a deal that will take the discount retailer private.
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JM Smucker Co., the largest US maker of jellies and jams, sold its operations in Brazil to closely held Cargill Inc. The sale of Smucker do Brasil Ltda.