Flextronics to buy Solectron for $3.6 billion
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Flextronics International Ltd. , the biggest U.S. contract electronics maker, said on Monday it will buy rival Solectron Corp.  for $3.6 billion in cash and stock to cut costs and expand its product line.
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Indian aluminum and copper producer Hindalco Industries Ltd. announced Sunday it plans to pay $3.6 billion to take over Canadian aluminum producer Novelis Inc.
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Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe's biggest telecommunications company, said Monday it will buy the remainder of SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. for $1.6 billion in cash.
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Aeroflex Inc. , which makes microelectronics for the telecommunications, aerospace and defense markets, said on Friday it struck a deal to be bought by private equity firms General Atlantic and Francisco Partners for about $1 billion.
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DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to sell its Allison Transmission commercial and military business for about $5.6 billion to the private equity firm The Carlyle Group and Canada's Onex Corp.
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European Union regulators Friday cleared Singapore's Flextronics International Ltd., the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, to acquire factories from Canada's Nortel Networks Corp.
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EMC Corp.   on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Smarts Inc., a privately held maker of event automation and real-time network systems management software, for about &#36;260 million in cash.
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The knee and ankle brace maker said it agreed to be bought by the medical device maker ReAble Therapeutics for about $1.6 billion including debt.
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Oracle Corp. , the largest database software maker, said on Thursday it would buy Hyperion Solutions Corp.  for $3.3 billion to boost its position in the fast-growing market for performance management software.
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Hindalco Industries of India sai that it would buy a North American rival, Novelis, for $3.6 billion, another sign that cross-border deal making is heating up in India.
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LONDON  - British defence contractor BAE Systems PLC said Monday it is buying DigitalNet Holdings Inc., a U.S. maker of secure computer networks and a leading information-technology supplier to the Pentagon.
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc. has agreed to be acquired by a group of investment firms for US$17.6 billion.
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Flextronics International Ltd., which assembles electronics sold by other companies, Monday reported profit for its latest quarter but lowered its earnings forecast.
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Sprint Corp. on Wednesday agreed to  buy mobile telephone company Nextel Communications Inc. in a  deal worth $36.3 billion to gain more business customers and  more airwaves to transmit calls.
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Motorola Inc.  on Tuesday said it agreed  to buy Symbol Technologies Inc.  for about $3.9 billion  in cash to expand its enterprise capabilities.
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BRUSSELS  - European Union regulators on Friday cleared the acquisition by Singapore's Flextronics International Ltd. of manufacturing actives from Nortel Networks Corp., Canada's largest technology company.
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British defense contractor BAE Systems PLC said Monday it is buying DigitalNet Holdings Inc., a U.S. maker of secure computer networks and a leading information-technology supplier to the Pentagon.