Arla Foods to Merge With Campina
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Europe&#39;s biggest dairy company, Arla Foods amba, will merge with Netherlands-based Campina, the companies said Wednesday, in an effort to protect themselves from dropping milk prices.
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District-based XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., which together control the emerging satellite subscription radio market, today announced that they plan to merge in a $13 billion deal.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Kmart Holding Corp. on Wednesday said they would merge in an &#36;11 billion deal to form the third-largest U.S. retailer.
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Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd., Australia&#39;s biggest soft-drink maker, offered A$500 million ($382 million) in cash and stock for fruit canner SPC Ardmona Ltd.
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A Scandinavian and a Dutch dairy announce plans to merge and create a co-operative of 21,000 farmers.
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FOH Holdings Inc., the parent company of lingerie retailer Frederick's of Hollywood Inc., and apparel company Movie Star Inc.  said on Tuesday they agreed to merge.
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Two of the nation's most well-known companies today said they would combine to form the third-largest U.S. retailer.
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Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche has reached a merger agreement with US health diagnostics specialist Ventana Medical Systems for 3.4 billion dollars (2.36 billion euros), six months after launching its takeover bid, Roche announced Tuesday.
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LONDON Royal Dutch/Shell Group said Thursday that it was merging the two publicly traded entities that make up the company and unifying their boards, ending a nearly 100-year-old corporate structure.
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Discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. and department store operator Sears, Roebuck &amp; Co. said Wednesday that they agreed to merge in an $11 billion cash and stock deal that will create the nation&#39;s third largest
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Oil and gas producer Noble Energy Inc.  NBL.N agreed to buy Patina Oil & Gas Corp. POG.N in a cash  and stock deal, helping it expand into the natural gas-rich  Rocky Mountain region, the companies said on Thursday.
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LONDON, December 8  - European dairy firms, Arla Foods AmbA (ARU.ISE) and Campina BV, have agreed to merge and form the worldâs largest farmer owned dairy cooperative.
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Shares in Australia&#39;s three largest childcare companies have surged, after they announced details of a major merger proposal. Under the plan, ABC Learning will merge with Child Care Centres Australia and Peppercorn
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MELBOURNE - Australian dairy group National Foods says it is in talks to take over food processing company SPC Ardmona, which has a market value of A$380 million ($408 million).
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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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Food distributor Performance Food Group said it agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management for about $1.3 billion in cash.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Kmart Holding  Corp. on Wednesday said they would merge in an $11 billion deal  to form the third-largest U.S. retailer.