KKR to buy Dollar General for $7.3 billion
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Private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.  said on Monday that it would acquire discount retailer Dollar General Corp.  for $22 a share in cash.
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Private equity groups Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Permira said they would buy a majority stake in German commercial television group ProSiebenSAT1 in a deal worth around three billion euros (four billion dollars).
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KKR & Co. LP , the prominent U.S. buyout firm that pioneered the leveraged buyout industry, filed with regulators on Tuesday to raise up to $1.25 billion in an initial public offering.
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The McDonaldÂs Corporation said that hedge fund investor William A. Ackman planned to buy more than $793.8 million worth of shares.
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Morgan Stanley&#39;s  real estate unit  agreed to buy Australia&#39;s Investa Properties Ltd.  for  A$4.7 billion ($3.9 billion) on Thursday, the nation&#39;s  third-largest property trust takeover.
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Gruppo immobiliare americano comprato per 3,7 mld di dollari
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General Growth Properties Inc.  GGP.N, the No. 2 U.S. shopping mall owner, on Friday said it  would buy Rouse Co. RSE.N for $7.2 billion, expanding its  holdings of regional shopping centers and commercial property.
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Nasdaq, the largest electronic stock market in America, agreed Friday to buy OMX, the operator of seven Nordic and Baltic exchanges, for $3.7 billion.
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Telecommunications giant Telstra Corp. on Monday revealed details of a 750 million Australian dollar (US$532 million) share buyback that is part of a three-year plan to increase the value of its stock.
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French oilfield services group   Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG) and Texas-based Veritas   DGC Inc. said on Tuesday that CGG agreed to buy Veritas in a   cash and stock deal worth about $3.1 billion.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Holding Corp. have agreed to merge to create what would be the third-largest US retailer, with $55 billion in annual revenue.
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Computer retailer CDW Corp.  on Tuesday said it agreed to be bought by Madison Dearborn Partners LLC for $7.3 billion, after its shares rose on an earlier report that it was in takeover talks.
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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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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
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Dollar General Corp. said Monday it is being acquired by private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp; Co. for about $6.87 billion in a deal that will take the discount retailer private.
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Blackstone Group plans to sell some  New York office buildings it is acquiring from Equity Office  Properties Trust  to Macklowe Properties for about $7  billion, a source close to the deal said on Wednesday.
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Kmart (KMRT:Nasdaq - news - research) continued to make progress realizing value for its real-estate portfolio Monday, completing an agreement to sell 18 stores to Home Depot (HD:NYSE - news - research) for $271 million.