Equity Firm to Acquire Net Retailer
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Madison Dearborn Partners will acquire the CDW Corporation, a leading online computer reseller, for $7.3 billion.
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Computer Associates International Inc. will acquire Netegrity Inc. in a $430 million cash deal that will merge the computer security software makers, the companies said Wednesday.
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Stelmar Shipping Ltd. (SJH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , an oil tanker operator, has agreed to be acquired by affiliates of private equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC for $677 million in cash, Stelmar said on Monday.
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One of Boston's oldest and largest law firms, Ropes &amp; Gray, is acquiring the New York intellectual property firm Fish &amp; Neave, joining what is shaping up to be a record number of consolidations in the legal community in 2004.
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Discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp.  will buy department store operator Sears, Roebuck & Co. in a  $11.5 billion deal unveiled on Wednesday, creating the  third-largest U.S. retailer.
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Cable operator NTL is buying out Virgin Net, the UK's fifth largest internet service provider, for an undisclosed sum.
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The US retail companies Sears Roebuck and Company and K-Mart have agreed to merge in a deal they say is worth $11 billion. The merger announced early Wednesday will create a new company called Sears Holding Corporation.
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In a switch, the retailer will launch its new concept with an acquisition.
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Furniture business MFI is close to finalising the sale of its loss-making retail arm to a private equity group.
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LONDON  - British defence contractor BAE Systems PLC said Monday it is buying DigitalNet Holdings Inc., a U.S. maker of secure computer networks and a leading information-technology supplier to the Pentagon.
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Warburg Pincus Equity Partners and Providence Equity Partners are close to buying telecommunications-software company Telcordia Technologies Inc.
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Texas power company TXU Corp.   has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms Kohlberg  Kravis Roberts & Co.  and Texas Pacific Group   for about $32 billion in the largest leverage buyout in  history, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.
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Cisco Systems (Quote, Chart) has inked a deal to acquire remote network management services provider NetSolve (Quote, Chart), the company said Thursday.
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Computer Associates International Inc. will acquire Netegrity Inc. in a &#36;430 million cash deal that will merge the computer security software makers, the companies said Wednesday.
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TXU Corp.  said it agreed to be acquired  by a group led by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts  & Co.  and Texas Pacific Group  for about $45  billion including debt.
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Acute care hospital operator Select Medical Corp. said Monday it will be acquired by a new company formed by a private equity firm for $18 per share in cash or about $2.
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Computer Associates International will acquire identity management software supplier Netegrity in an all-cash transaction valued at $430m (Â£241m).