UPDATE 2-Jones to buy Barneys in $400 mln deal
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Jones Apparel Group Inc. (JNY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a mid-priced clothing retailer and maker, said on Thursday it was buying Barneys New York Inc.
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Multimax of Herndon said yesterday that it agreed to be acquired by Harris Corp. for $400 million in cash.
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DOW Jones has agreed to buy online financial information provider Marketwatch Inc for $US519 million ($674.9 million) in cash, or $US18 ($23.
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Wesfarmers Ltd. , which owns Australia's largest hardware chain, has agreed to buy retailer Coles Group Ltd.  for A$20.7 billion ($17.7 billion) in cash and stock, in the country's biggest takeover.
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Dow Jones &amp; Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, has agreed to buy online financial news provider MarketWatch Inc. for about $463 million in a bid to boost its revenue from the fast-growing Internet advertising market.
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Fast Retailing&#39;s (9983.T) surprise $900  million bid for Jones Apparel Group&#39;s  Barneys New York  underscores the Japanese clothing retailer&#39;s dream to become a  global player and find growth outside its mature home market.
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The business-internet firm plans to announce Friday the latest move in a recent buying spree, a deal the company said will give it 2,400 new business customers for its high-speed Internet service.-The Washington Post
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Johnson &amp; Johnson said late Wednesday that it will buy Guidant Corp. for $23.9 billion in a cash-and-stock deal that had been rumored for weeks.
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Abercrombie &amp; Fitch Co., accused of favoring whites over minorities for promotion, agrees to pay $40-million. By Associated Press.
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Jones Apparel Group Inc.  said on Thursday it received an unsolicited bid from Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. to acquire Barneys New York Inc. for $900 million, which tops Jones' existing pact to sell the upscale clothing chain for $825 million.
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Barneys New York, the luxury  retailer that sells couture clothes to the rich and famous, on  Thursday agreed to be acquired by clothing manufacturer Jones  Apparel Group Inc. for $400 million.
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NEW YORK -- Dow Jones &amp; Co., the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will buy MarketWatch Inc. for about $519 million in a deal that would end a monthlong bidding war for the online financial news and information provider.
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Mid-prixed clothing retailer and maker Jones Apparel Group Inc. (JNY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it was buying Barneys New York Inc.
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Jones Apparel Group Inc.  is  nearing a deal to sell its Barneys New York department store  chain for $950 million to a private equity firm owned by the  Dubai government, according to The New York Post.
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Canadian aluminum giant Alcan Inc. has signed an agreement to buy gas from Australia&#39;s Woodside Petroleum for a planned 2 billion Australian dollar (US$1.
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Australia&#39;s second largest retailer Coles said Monday it had agreed to a 22 billion dollar (18.7 billion US) buyout offer from conglomerate Wesfarmers, the largest corporate deal in Australian history.
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Jones Apparel Group said Thursday it struck a deal to acquire Barneys New York Inc., agreeing to pay $400 million for the upscale clothing retailer&#39;s outstanding stock and debt.