J. Tobacco offers $14.7 bln for Gallaher: sources
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The world's third largest cigarette group, Japan Tobacco Inc , on Thursday made a 7.5 billion pound ($14.7 billion) cash offer for rival Gallaher Group Plc , sources close to the situation said.
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TOKYO -- Japan Tobacco Inc. announced plans Friday to buy Britain's Gallaher Group PLC for 2.25 trillion yen ($19.1 billion) in reportedly the largest-ever corporate acquisition by a Japanese company.
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CHICAGO/PHILADELPHIA  - Health care and consumer  products maker Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N is in negotiations to  acquire medical-device maker Guidant Corp. GDT.N, sources  familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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Conglomerate Loews Corp. LTR.N  agreed to buy an 8,000-mile natural gas pipeline system from  Entergy-Koch LP for $1.14 billion on Monday, in a bid to cash  in on rising U.S. demand for natural gas.
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Shares of cardiovascular device maker  Guidant Corp. GDT.N jumped 6 percent on Tuesday, following a  report that Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N is in advanced talks to  buy it for more than $24 billion.
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Conglomerate Loews Corp. LTR.N on  Monday said it agreed to buy an 8,000-mile natural gas pipeline  system, from Entergy-Koch LP for $1.14 billion, in a bid to  cash in on the rising U.S. demand for natural gas.
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Philip Morris USA has raised prices on certain cigarette brands by 10 cents per pack, effectively matching an increase last month on its top brands such as Marlboro, tobacco industry analysts said.
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Philip Morris USA cut wholesale discounts on its best-selling Marlboro cigarettes and three other brands, a spokeswoman said on Friday, effectively raising prices for the first time in more than two-and-a-half years.
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CMS Energy announced today the company intends to offer 22 million shares of common stock to the public. The underwriters will be granted an option to purchase an additional 3.3 million common
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Johnson &amp; Johnson (JNJ:NYSE - news - research) reportedly is negotiating to buy Guidant (GDT:NYSE - news - research) for $24 billion, a transaction that would unite two big manufacturers of coronary devices.
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British American Tobacco smoked out a rise in net profits of more than 7.0 percent last year when the company was bolstered by rising sales in Asia and South America, the group said Thursday.
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Japan Tobacco Inc has said it has reached an agreement to buy British rival Gallaher Group for 2.25 trillion yen (19.1 billion dollars) including debt, in Japan's biggest ever corporate acquisition.
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Cigarette maker Imperial Tobacco has said it would buy Commonwealth Brands, the fourth biggest player in the United States, for 960 million pounds.
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Gallaher, the maker of Silk Cut and Benson & Hedges cigarettes, says it has been approached by a buyer.
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U.S. investors Carl Icahn and Warren  Lichtenstein are preparing a tender offer for KT&amp;G Corp. , a  South Korean brokerage said, sending shares of the country&#039;s  top tobacco maker up over 6 percent on Friday.
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Britain's Imperial Tobacco  agreed to buy Franco-Spanish rival Altadis  on Wednesday in a 16.2 billion euros ($22.4 billion) deal that includes debt.
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The board of Harrah's Entertainment Inc.  plans to meet on Wednesday to consider buyout offers, sources said on Monday, with bids expected to come in higher than a $15.5-billion cash offer.