Teck Cominco to buy Aur for C$4.1 billion
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Teck Cominco  said on Tuesday it would buy Aur Resources  in a friendly cash and stock offer worth C$4.1 billion ($3.9 billion) that will significantly boost Teck's copper production.
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The Royal Bank of Scotland agreed Monday to buy a majority share of US broker Sempra Commodities for 1.35 billion dollars (991 million euros) as part of a joint venture with parent company Sempra Energy.
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) - General Electric Co. said Wednesday it will buy Australian Financial Investments Group, a holding company for home loan lenders, to boost its mortgage business in that country.
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Coca-Cola Co.  on Friday said it would acquire Glaceau for $4.1 billion in cash to gain a foothold in the fast-growing enhanced water market.
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BHP Billiton Limited (BHP) announced today that it would undertake an off-market share buyback of between $1 billion and $1.5 billion.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Mexico&#39;s Cemex has agreed to buy Britain&#39;s RMC Group for $4.1 billion in cash. Free! Sign up here to receive our Before the Bell e-Newsletter!
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Oil &amp; Natural Gas Corp., India&#39;s biggest oil producer, bought 55 percent of an oil exploration area off the coast of Western Australia from Calgary-based Antrim Energy Inc.
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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.
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LONDON/MUMBAI  - Brazilian steelmaker CSN has agreed to buy Anglo-Dutch rival Corus Group for 4.9 billion pounds ($9.6 billion) in cash, trumping an offer agreed only hours earlier with India's Tata Steel.
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French energy services group Compagnie   Generale de Geophysique (CGG) GEPH.PA is to buy Texas-based   Veritas DGC Inc. in a $3.1 billion deal that will make it the   world's biggest listed provider of seismic surveys.
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Shares in Australian flag carrier Qantas have jumped more than four percent amid expectations a takeover consortium is finally ready to formally table a multi-billion dollar offer for the airline.
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SYDNEY/LONDON  - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc has agreed to buy Canadian aluminum company Alcan Inc. for $38.1 billion, in a bid to create the world's biggest aluminum company.
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The four networks have been bought by consortia which include Scottish &amp; Southern Energy and United Utilities. Transco said that it would return about Â£2bn to shareholders following the sale and would increase its dividend for the current year by 20%.
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France's Compagnie Generale de   Geophysique (CGG) GEPH.PA agreed on Tuesday to buy   Texas-based Veritas DGC Inc. in a $3.1 billion deal that will   make it the world's biggest listed provider of seismic surveys.
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Telstra Corp., Australia&#39;s biggest phone company, offered to buy back shares for as much as A$4.65 each, the first stage in a plan to return A$4.
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ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has acquired a majority stake in an oil block in Australia.
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Vancouver-based Goldcorp Inc. agreed   on Thursday to acquire Glamis Gold Ltd. for about $8.6 billion   in stock to create one of the world's largest gold mining   companies.