Carlyle eyeing bid for Merck generics unit -source
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Private equity firm The Carlyle Group  is mulling a bid for the generics business of Germany's Merck  KGaA , a unit worth at least 4 billion euros ($5.3  billion), a source close to the process said.
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The General Electric Company and Pearson are exploring a joint bid for Dow Jones & Company, people familiar with the talks said.
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FRANKFURT/ZURICH  - Germany drugmaker Merck KGaA   MRCG.DE unveiled a surprise 16.6-billion-Swiss franc ($13.3   billion) deal on Thursday to buy Swiss biotech firm Serono,   creating a new force in European pharmaceuticals.
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At least two bidding  groups plan to submit offers on Friday to acquire Cadbury  Schweppes Plc&#39;s  U.S. beverage unit for as much as  $15.8 billion (8 billion pounds), sources familiar with the  situation said on Tuesday.
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Private equity firm Texas Pacific Group  is considering a bid for J. Sainsbury  and is working on building a consortium, the Financial Times reported.
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German drugs and chemicals group   Bayer BAYG.DE has received bids for its H.C. Starck chemicals   unit that are well above 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion),   industry sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
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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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Schering-Plough Corp. SGP.N is   seriously considering approaching Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   BMY.N about a possible merger, according to a report in The   Star-Ledger newspaper on Friday.
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Pearson, the publisher of The Financial Times, is exploring a rival takeover offer for Dow Jones and has discussed a joint bid with G.E. and the Hearst Corporation.
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German drugmaker Merck KGaA   unveiled a surprise 16.6-billion-Swiss franc ($13.3  billion) deal to buy Swiss biotech firm Serono on Thursday,  creating a new force in European pharmaceuticals.
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Philadelphia Media Holdings Chief Executive Brian Tierney said on Thursday he is interested in bidding with partners for Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. Inc.
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TRW Automotive Holdings  is  thinking about making a bid for the automotive engineering unit  of Germany's Siemens, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday,  citing three people involved in the bidding process.
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Dow Jones & Co. , which has  been in talks for a takeover by News Corp. (NWSa.N), will meet  with supermarket magnate Ron Burkle as Dow Jones explores its  options, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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Swiss biotech company Addex  Pharmaceuticals SA  could receive more than $700  million from Merck & Co Inc  for a licensing deal on its  ADX63365 drug for schizophrenia, it said on Thursday.
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A PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) board member told a Delaware court on Tuesday that the software maker would consider a bid from its rival Oracle Corp.
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NEW YORK, Nov 4  - Media-entertainment giant Viacom Inc. expects to make a bid for financial newsgroup MarketWatch Inc., according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing disclosed Thursday.
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Canadian buyout firm Onex Corp.  and a unit of investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  are in exclusive talks with Raytheon Co.  to buy the defense contractor's aircraft unit, according to a source close to the process.