Hicks Muse pays $194 million for ConAgra unit
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DALLAS ConAgra Foods will get 194 (M) million dollars for selling its minority interest in Swift Foods to Dallas-based Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst.
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ConAgra Foods, whose brands include Banquet, Chef Boyardee and Healthy Choice, said Thursday that its first-quarter profit rose 5.2 percent as sales increased 9.9 percent.
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An official with a National League team said that Carlos Beltran and the Mets agreed in principle to a seven-year, $119 million contract.
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BFGoodrich Tire Manufacturing agreed to spend $150 million on improvements at four North American plants and dropped demands for concessions under a new two-year deal with labor, Canadian union members said Monday in approving the pact.
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By Anonymous  CTI Constriction, Ogden, has been awarded its largest federal contract to date, up to $100 million during the next five years.  The award came from the U.S.
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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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Shorenstein Co. LLC of San Francisco and the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio this week completed the sale of Bay Colony Corporate Center office park in Waltham to Beacon Capital Partners LLC for $272.5 million. Cushman &amp; Wakefield of Massachusetts represented the sellers in the sale of the 987,923-square-foot, four-building complex on Route 128 overlooking the Cambridge Reservoir. The ...
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- Station Casinos Inc.  said it agreed to be acquired by privately held Fertitta Colony Partners LLC for $90 per share, or $5.4 billion in cash.
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ConAgra Foods Inc. CAG.N on Wednesday  posted lower quarterly profits due to higher ingredient costs  and the sale of its chicken and agricultural products  businesses.
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General Growth Properties Inc.  GGP.N, the No. 2 U.S. shopping mall owner, has agreed to buy  Rouse Co. RSE.N for $7.2 billion, expanding its holdings of  regional shopping centers and commercial property, the  companies said on Friday.
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Thomas O. Hicks, who owns the Texas Rangers baseball team and Dallas Stars of the N.H.L., and Montreal Canadiens owner George N. Gillett Jr. completed a deal to buy the storied English soccer club.
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US packaged food manufacturer ConAgra Foods has reported a 10.3% fall in second-quarter earnings due to the divestment of its meat processing activities, but earnings from continuing operations rose.
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Gallaher Group, the maker of the Benson & Hedges brand in Europe, said it had received an offer of Â£7.5 billion ($14.7 billion).
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NEW YORK, August 20 (New Ratings)  General Growth Properties Inc (GGP.NYS), the second-largest shopping mall operator in the US, has agreed to buy Rouse Company (RSE), in a cash and debt assumptions deal worth about $12.6 billion.
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ConAgra Foods announced plans to close five plants and eliminate about 400 jobs as part of a long-term plan to cut costs.
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BELOIT, Wis. (Dow Jones/AP) _ Regal-Beloit Corp. said Monday it has agreed to pay $379 million for a General Electric Co. unit that makes motors for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration.
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Station Casinos Inc.  said on Monday it received a management-led buyout offer from a group including its Chairman and Chief Executive Frank Fertitta for $82 per share, or $4.7 billion.