UK can firm buys US plastics unit
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Rexam, the world's biggest can maker, buys the plastics unit of US group O-I for $1.57bn.
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Cytec Industries Inc., a US maker of materials for the aerospace and car industries, agreed to buy the chemicals business of UCB SA, Belgium&#39;s largest drugmaker, for 1.5 billion euros ($1.
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British energy giant BP has announced the sale of its refinery in Coryton, southeastern England, to Swiss petroleum company Petroplus for 1.4 billion dollars (1.07 billion euros).
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An Anglo-American consortium is poised to take over UK soccer club Leeds United in a deal worth Â£25million pounds, reports the Yorkshire Post.
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United States engineering giant UTC has vowed to battle on in its attempts to buy fire extinguisher maker Kidde. The group, whose Â£1.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - Britain's Rexam Plc  agreed to buy the plastic packaging business of Owens-Illinois Inc.  for $1.83 billion in cash as it targets the fast-growing market for packaging medicines.
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British sportswear group Umbro, the maker of England's football team kit, on Tuesday agreed to a takeover from US giant Nike in a deal worth 285 million pounds (408 million euros, 582 million dollars).
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UK water company Mid Kent Water is being bought by Australia's Hastings Fund Management for Â£241m.
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A Canadian steel maker, Ipsco, said it was buying the NS Group, a maker of steel pipes and tubes used in oil fields, for about $1.46 billion. The deal will be used to broaden IpscoÂs sales to the energy industry, the chief executive, David Sutherland, said. ÂThis is a transaction thatÂs all about growth, and if anything, what we will see over the next three years is a growth in the output of all of their facilities, as well as the continuing demand on our own,Â Mr. Sutherland said in a conference call. Ipsco agreed to pay $66 a share for the NS Group, which was a 43 percent premium to its closing price on Friday. After the transaction is complete, the new company is expected to have combined annual revenue of more than $4 billion. Ipsco, which is based in Regina, Saskatchewan, and has executive offices in Leslie, Ill., operates three steel mills and six pipe mills in the United States and Canada. The NS Group is based in Newport, Ky.
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Novar, the UK building supplies group, is today expected to announce that it has agreed to be acquired by the US industrial giant Honeywell in a cash deal worth more than Â£800m.
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A North American energy company which operates a major North Sea oil field is selling its British division for 2.1 billion (Â£1.14 billion), it was announced today.
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Cytec Industries Inc. is buying the chemicals division of Belgian drugs company UCB in a 1.5 billion euro ($1.85 billion) cash and stock deal, the US specialty chemical firm said on Friday.
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British semiconductor designer ARM Holdings Plc (ARM.L: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to buy US chip components firm Artisan (ARTI.
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Mexican Cemex, being the third largest cement maker in the world, agreed to buy its British competitor - RMC Group - for $5.8 billion, as well as their debts in order to expand their activity on the building materials market of the USA and Europe.
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Kidde moved a step closer yesterday to being bought by America&#39;s United Technologies, which increased its offer for the UK fire extinguisher maker to Â£1.39bn.
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In the latest of a flurry of deals among net providers, Claranet buys the UK wing of US business Via.Net Works.
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General Electric (GE) agrees to sell its plastics business to a leading Saudi Arabian chemicals firm to $11.6bn.