Royal Caribbean buys Spanish cruise operator
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U.S.-Norwegian Royal Caribbean Cruises    has agreed to buy Spain's biggest cruise and  tour operator, Pullmantur S.A., for 700 million euros ($898.5  million), sending its shares sharply higher on Thursday.
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Daum Communications Corp. completed the purchase of all shares in Lycos Inc. from Spain s Terra Networks SA, Terra Networks said in a note to the Spanish stock market regulator yesterday.
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Mexico&#39;s Cemex, the world&#39;s third-largest cement maker, is set to buy Britain&#39;s RMC Group in a $5 billion deal to be announced Monday, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Britain's Imperial Tobacco  agreed to buy Franco-Spanish rival Altadis  for 12.6 billion euros ($17.4 billion) on Wednesday in a deal that will see it jump to No 2 from 4 in Europe's cigarette industry.
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Spanish bank Banco Santander Central   Hispano SAN.MC will pay $651 million to buy a 90 percent   stake in U.S. auto financing company Drive Financial Services,   it said on Monday.
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The second largest bank in Spain is buying Laredo National Bancshares Inc. for $850 million, according to published reports. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA will acquire the parent company of Laredo National Bank for $850 million.
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Admiral Acquisitions, the Goldman   Sachs-led consortium which is buying Associated British Ports   (AB ports) for 2.8 billion pounds, has launched syndication of   the loan financing backing the buyout, banking sources close to   the deal said on Monday.
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MADRID, Spain Spain&#39;s second-largest bank says it has agreed to buy Texas-based Laredo National Bancshares for 850 (m) million dollars in cash.
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SANTANDER Central Hispano, the Spanish bank that last year bought Britain - s Abbey National, yesterday sold its last shares in Royal Bank of Scotland, its partner of 16 years.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Ports and shipping group P&amp;O (UK:PO) has sold its La Manga sports and leisure resort in Spain to the local MedGroup for 102 British pounds ($197 million).
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BBVA, Spain's second-largest bank, said Tuesday it has agreed to buy Texas-based Laredo National Bancshares for &#36;850 million in cash as part of a strategy to gain a greater share of the U.S. Hispanic market.
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A Pennsylvania-based casino and racetrack operator will buy the owner of Lawrenceburg&#39;s Argosy riverboat casino in a $2.2 billion deal that will create the third-largest gambling company in the nation.
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Carnival Corp. CCL.N, the  world's biggest cruise group, on Thursday posted a 43 percent  rise in quarterly earnings as it benefited from a merger with  P&O Princess Cruises last year.
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Concrete maker RMC is set to be bought by Mexican rival Cemex in a deal valuing it at around Â£2.3 billion, it was announced today.
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Luton Airport was bought by the Spanish yesterday as part of a Â£551m takeover deal which will net the men who run it almost Â£60m.
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The Carlyle Group, a Washington-based private equity firm, said today that it has agreed to acquire Annapolis-based ARINC Incorporated, a provider of communicaitons for transportation systems.
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Stelmar Shipping Ltd., a Greece-based oil transporter, Monday said it has agreed to be acquired by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC about $677 million.