Australian firm purchases Unicco
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Unicco Service Co., a Newton company that offers janitorial and property-management services, is being bought by United Group Ltd. of Australia for $408 million.
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Standard Chartered has agreed to buy US$1.5 billion (HK$11.7 billion) worth of loans from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) to beef up its project finance operation.
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UK aerospace to medical goods group Smiths buys one of the world's leading medical products manufacturers, Medex, for $925m.
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Australian flag carrier and icon Qantas has received a takeover approach, potentially worth more than 8.0 billion US dollars and sending its share price soaring to record levels.
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Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has announced it will buy British motor insurer Equity Insurance Group for 570 million pounds.
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Australia's Centro Properties  Group  and Centro Retail Trust  have agreed to  buy New Plan Excel Realty Trust  for about $3.4 billion  in cash, accelerating Centro's push into the United States.
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The Danske Bank Group has signed an agreement with National Australia Bank to purchase Northern Bank (www.nbonline.co.uk) in Northern Ireland and National Irish Bank (www.
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US consumer healthcare company Perrigo is to buy Israeli drug-maker Agis for $818m (Â£441.5m) in cash and stock. The deal will create a firm with annual sales of $1.
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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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Denmark&#39;s biggest financial group, Danske Bank, has agreed to purchase Northern Bank in Northern Ireland and National Irish Bank in the Republic of Ireland from National Australia Bank for Â£967 million.
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General Electric Co., the world&#39;s biggest non-bank lender, will buy Australian Financial Investments Group for about $300 million to boost its share of that nation&#39;s mortgage market, people familiar with the plan said.
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The Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group of Australia said its Macquarie Bank consortium had agreed to acquire a wireless tower operator in the United States, Global Tower Partners, from the Blackstone Group for $1.43 billion.
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Supermarket giant Tesco buys Malaysian retail chain Makro Cash & Carry as part of its plans to expand overseas.
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Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless  tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of  infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia&#39;s  Macquarie Group in a deal valued at $1.4 billion.
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Australia's second-largest retailer, Coles Group Ltd. , agreed to a A$22 billion ($19 billion) bid, including debt, from conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd. , in the country's biggest takeover.
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Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless  tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of  infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia&#39;s  Macquarie Group.
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Williams Scotsman International, a Baltimore-based provider of mobile storage containers for the construction industry, agreed yesterday to be bought by the parent company of Algeco, a privately held French modular construction firm, for about $1.24 billion.