Clorox Buys Back Henkel's Stake in Deal
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Clorox Co. agreed on Wednesday to buy back a 29 percent stake in itself from Germany's Henkel KGaA for &#36;2.84 billion of cash and assets, helping Persil-maker Henkel finance its acquisition of Dial Corp.
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Linx Printing Technologies says it is backing a 86 million pound takeover offer by US firm Danaher after a rival, lower, bidder withdrew.
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German drugs and chemicals group Bayer  said it planned to sell unit H.C. Starck to a consortium formed by Advent International and the Carlyle Group for 700 million euros ($908 million) plus debt.
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Dow Chemical Co. DOW.N on Monday  said DuPont Co. DD.N will buy its remaining equity stake in  DuPont Dow Elastomers LLC (DDE), a 50/50 joint venture between  the two companies, for $87 million.
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Quest said it approved a plan to repurchase up to $2 billion in shares as a gesture to investors who remained loyal to the company.
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The leader in absorbent clays turns in so-so earnings for the quarter, but bought back a ton of shares.
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OAKLAND, Calif. - The Clorox Co. Thursday raised its fiscal 2005 earnings estimates as it digested the effects of an exchange of shares earlier this year with European rival Henkel KGAA.
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On October 6, 2004 Henkel KGaA, DÃ¼sseldorf and The Clorox Company, Oakland, California, USA, have signed an agreement pursuant to which Henkel will exchange its entire 28.
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Thornburg said the sale would help the company resume making loans and buying mortgage-backed securities.
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The retail company has another positive quarter and is buying back shares.
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Henkel KGaA has agreed to sell back a  29-percent stake in U.S. cleaning products maker Clorox Co. for  $2.84 billion in cash and assets, helping the German soaps and  adhesives group finance its buy of U.S. detergents and  cosmetics group Dial Corp.
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Clorox Co. CLX.N on Monday said its  quarterly profit rose more than six-fold, driven by gains its  transfer of some businesses to Henkel KGaA HNKG.DE and on  higher sales and cost-savings.
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Clorox Co. and Henkel KGaA have agreed to a $2.8 billion stock swap and cash deal, in which Henkel will sell back its 29 percent ownership stake in Clorox in return for $2.
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Hormel Foods (HRL :NYSE - news - research) said Thursday that it has acquired Clougherty Packing for $186 million. The Austin, Minn.
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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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NeoPharm Inc., a biotechnology company developing cancer treatments, said it regained ownership of two cancer compounds after Pfizer Inc.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. Monday said it bought back $1.3 billion in stock and announced a plan to buy back another $3 billion in shares over the next several months.