US Shipper Buys Stelmar for $843 Mln
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Greek shipping company Stelmar Shipping Ltd. (SJH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday agreed to be acquired by shipbuilder Overseas Shipholding Group Inc.
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Ahold has agreed to sell its Bruno's and BI-LO shop units in the United States to Lone Star Funds for $660 million, the Dutch retailer said yesterday.
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NEW YORK, October 4  - A group led by Lockheed Martin (LMT.NYS) has been selected by the US Postal Service to provide managed network services across the entire Postal Service enterprise in a deal estimated to be worth $3 billion.
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U.S. electronic stock market Nasdaq  has agreed to buy Nordic markets owner OMX  for $3.7 billion, as Nasdaq seeks to expand abroad following a series of rival stock market mergers.
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Private equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC agreed to buy Stelmar Shipping Ltd. for $677 million only a few months after the oil tanker operator fended off a hostile bid from its rival OMI Corp.
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German carrier Lufthansa said it had agreed to pay 85 million dollars (67 million euros) to settle class action suits in the United States connected with allegations of price-fixing in the global air-cargo industry.
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Clayton, Dubilier &amp; Rice Inc. and two partners will buy an electrical-equipment supplier from France&#39;s Pinault-Printemps-Redoute SA for 2.6 billion euros ($3.45 billion), the New York-based firm&#39;s third European takeover this year.
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Private equity firm Fortress  Investment Group LLC agreed to buy Stelmar Shipping Ltd. for  $677 million only a few months after the oil tanker operator  fended off a hostile bid from its rival OMI Corp. OMM.N,  Stelmar said on Monday.
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A privately-owned Dutch steelmaker headed by billionaire Lakshmi Mittal is buying US-based International Steel Group Inc. for about $4.
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Meggitt, a British engineering and manufacturing company, agreed to buy K&F Industries Holdings of White Plains, N.Y., for $1.1 billion. Meggitt, which specializes in aerospace, military and electronics products, will pay $27 a share of K&F, or 10 percent above the stockâs closing price on Monday. K&F makes aircraft wheels, brake systems and other parts.
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Spanish power firm Iberdrola is expanding into the US by buying Energy East Corp for $4.5bn.
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The maker of Bicycle playing cards said it will buy Boca Raton-based American Household for $745.6 million. The purchase by Rye, NY-based consumer products company Jarden Corp.
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Irish investment company HM Rivergroup said that it has agreed to buy two US publishers, Houghton Mifflin and Riverdeep for a combined 4.6 billion dollars (3.5 billion euros).
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OSLO/NEW YORK  - U.S.-Norwegian Royal Caribbean   Cruises Ltd. RCL.OL RCL.N agreed on Thursday to buy Spain's   biggest cruise and tour operator, Pullmantur SA, for 430   million euros ($552 million) in cash to boost operations in the   lucrative European cruise market.
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Acer plans to buy the U.S. computer maker for $710 million in a deal that will push it past Chinaâs Lenovo Group to become the worldâs third largest PC vendor.
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Aker Yards has won a USD 2.8 billion contract to build up to three cruise ships for Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Lines .
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US buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is buying Masonite International (MHM.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (MHM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a Canadian-based maker of building products, in an all-cash deal worth C$3.1