Wachovia to buy A.G. Edwards for $6.8 billion
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Wachovia Corp.  on Thursday said it will buy A.G. Edwards Inc.  for $6.8 billion in cash and stock, creating the second-largest U.S. retail brokerage.
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Wachovia Corp. , the No. 4 U.S.  bank, on Monday said it completed its $24 billion takeover of  Golden West Financial Corp., the second-largest U.S. savings  and loan.
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General Electric says it&#39;s buying SPX Corporation&#39;s Edwards Systems Technology fire-and-security unit for more than a billion dollars in an all-cash deal.
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JOHANNESBURG : South Africa&#39;s Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. said it would bid for control of Gold Fields Ltd, valuing it at 8.1 billion dollars (6.
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Network equipment manufacturer Avaya Inc. late Monday agreed to a $8.2 billion cash buyout by private equity firms TPG Capital LLP and Silver Lake Partners, the companies announced.
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Wachovia Corp. agreed to buy A.G. Edwards Inc., the 120-year-old securities firm, for $6.8 billion, doubling its sales staff as regional brokers struggle to remain independent amid declining revenue from trading stocks.
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The board of Wachovia Corp. has approved a 15 percent increase in the company&#39;s quarterly dividend to 46 cents per share from 40 cents.
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Wachovia Corp. , the No. 4 U.S. bank, on Monday said it completed its $24 billion takeover of Golden West Financial Corp., the second-largest U.S. savings and loan.
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Avaya was near a deal on Sunday night to sell itself to Silver Lake Partners and the Texas Pacific Group for more than $8 billion.
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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, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Sunday.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- General Electric Co. said Thursday it agreed to sell a majority stake in its advanced materials unit to private investment group Apollo Management LP in a deal it valued at $3.8 billion.
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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, a source  familiar with the situation told Reuters on Sunday.
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Company send a notice to employees saying its business user organization will move over to Business Objects, a company it's acquiring as part of a $6.8 billion deal.
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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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Real estate investment trust Spirit Finance Corp.  said on Tuesday it would be acquired by a consortium led by Australia's Macquarie Bank Ltd.  for about $1.6 billion.
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Wachovia Corp.'s Boston mutual fund division, Evergreen Investment Management Co., agreed to pay $32.5 million to settle allegations it allowed shareholders to market-time in violation of prospectuses, the Securities and Exchange Commission said yesterday.
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US energy group Tesoro Corporation said it agreed to buy an oil refinery, an energy terminal and 250 gasoline stations in California from Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell for 1.6 billion dollars.