KKR to buy Dollar General for $22 per share
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Private equity group Kohlberg Kravis  Roberts & Co.  said on Monday that it would acquire  discount retailer Dollar General Corp.  for $22 a share  in cash.
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Neither admits, nor denies, wrongdoing IBM has agreed to pay $7m to settle a Securities and Exchange Commision investigation into financial statements from Dollar General in 2000. The money will go into a Dollar General general shareholder fund.â¦
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Discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. Monday announced that it finalized a transaction to sell 18 stores to Home Depot Inc. for $271 million in cash.
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Kmart Holding Corp. , the discount chain pulled from bankruptcy by hedge fund operator Edward Lampert, will buy Sears, Roebuck & Co.  for &#36;10.85 billion in a bold play to revive two of America's best-known, but long-struggling, retail brands.
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In the latest big deal among US real estate companies, General Growth will pay $67.50 per share in cash for each share in Rouse, a premium of 33 per cent over its closing stock price of $50.61 in Thursday New York Stock Exchange trade.
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U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday, helped by news of a $22.5 billion share repurchase plan from Home Depot Inc.  and investment bank Morgan Stanley's  stronger-than-expected profit.
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KKR & Co. LP , the prominent U.S. buyout firm that helped to create the leveraged buyout industry, filed with regulators on Tuesday to raise up to $1.25 billion in an initial public offering of common units.
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KMG Chemicals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KMGB), a global provider of specialty  chemicals in carefully focused markets, today announced that its Board  of Directors has declared a semi-annual cash dividend of $0.0375 per  common share.
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A General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people ) subsidiary announced it would acquire the transportation financing unit of Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people ) in a cash deal worth approximately $4.4 billion.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson (JNJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will buy Guidant Corp. (GDT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) for $23.9 billion in cash and stock, giving the health-care products
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Stocks rose on Wednesday as Home Depot  Inc.&#39;s  plan for a $22.5 billion share buyback  underscored optimism about equity valuations, along with the  growing allure of large-cap stocks, including General Electric  Co. .
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Real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith  will be acquired by real estate company Tishman Speyer and investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings  for $22.2 billion, including debt, the companies said on Tuesday.
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On the cross rates it was at 60.1 euro cents, 81.29 Japanese yen, 42.17 pence sterling, and 1.105 New Zealand dollars. On Wall Street stocks have jumped on news of a merger between retailers Kmart and Sears
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TOKYO/LONDON  - KKR Financial Holdings , the listed affiliate of private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp; Co , has delayed repayment of debt backed by mortgage securities for the second time and begun a new round of talks with creditors.
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Teck Cominco  on Tuesday said it would buy Aur Resources  in a friendly cash and stock offer worth C$4.1 billion ($3.87 billion), boosting the base metal giant's copper production.
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The online game operator Giant Interactive Group said that it would buy back up to $200 million worth of American depositary shares. The company plans to fund the repurchases from available working capital, it said in a statement.
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Morgan Stanley's  real estate unit agreed to buy Australia's Investa Properties Ltd.  for A$4.7 billion ($3.9 billion) on Thursday, the nation's third-largest property trust takeover.