Anthem, WellPoint Finish Merger
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Anthem Inc. and WellPoint Health  Networks Inc. on Tuesday sealed their $16.5 billion merger,  creating the biggest health insurance company in the United  States with 28 million members.
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Actional Corp. and Westbridge Technology Inc. on Monday announced the merger of the two companies, reflecting consolidation in the Web services market, as vendors try to provide a broader product portfolio to a larger customer base.
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Nationwide, the nation's biggest mutually-owned bank, is to merge with smaller bank Portman, to create a new financial services group with more than 150 billion pounds in assets, the two groups have announced in a statement.
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SINGAPORE The takeover battle for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group and its liquor stores appeared to come to an abrupt end on Tuesday as the retailer Coles Myer handed its rival Woolworths what analysts said might prove a Pyrrhic victory.
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WellPoint Inc. WLP.N on Monday  posted a drop in fourth-quarter net profit on  debt-repayment  costs and charges related to its merger with Anthem Inc., which  created the biggest U.S. health insurer.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi said he dropped his opposition Tuesday to the merger of Wellpoint Health Networks and Anthem, adding the two health insurance giants met his criteria in order to complete the deal.
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Anthem Inc.&#39;s stockholders are waking up this morning with a new corporate name on their shares. Employees will get a voice-mail message saying they&#39;re now a part of a much bigger company -- the biggest by several measures.
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Lab testing company Quest Diagnostics Inc.  on Tuesday said it will no longer be a contracted provider for insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. , an agreement that had accounted for 7 percent of Quest's annual revenue.
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Orthopedic device maker Biomet Inc.  said on Monday it will be acquired by a private equity consortium for about $10.9 billion, ending talks with rival implant maker Smith & Nephew Plc. .
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AmerisourceBergen Corp  and  Kindred Healthcare Inc.  on Monday said they had agreed  to form a new public company by combining their institutional  pharmacy businesses.
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Biomet, a major manufacturer of artificial hips and knees, said Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by a private investment consortium.
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NEW YORK, December 1  - Anthem Inc (ATH.NYS) has successfully completed its $20 billion acquisition of WellPoint Health Networks (WLP) to form the biggest health insurance company in the US, with more than 28 million members.
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British insurer Royal & Sun Alliance   (RSA) said on Monday it had completed the disposal of  its U.S. operation to Arrowpoint Capital Corp., the company set  up by the unit's management, causing its shares to rise.
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Anthem Inc. (ATH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and WellPoint Health Networks Inc. (WLP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday sealed their $16.5 billion merger, creating the biggest health
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Orthopedic device maker Biomet Inc.  said on Monday it has agreed to be acquired by a private equity consortium for about $10.9 billion.
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Insurer Standard Life has agreed to buy  rival Resolution for 4.9 billion pounds ($10.1 billion),  topping a competing offer and breaking up Resolution's planned  merger with Friends Provident.
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Officials from Sprint and Nextel Communications today announced a definitive agreement to merge their two companies, creating the third-largest mobile phone company in the U.S.