IHOP says to buy Applebee&#39;s for $2.1 billion
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Pancake restaurant IHOP Corp.   plans to buy Applebee&#39;s International Inc.  for $25.50  per share, the companies said on Monday.
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Osprey, an investment group including  Canadian, Australian and British firms, said on Monday it was  making a 2.2-billion-pound ($4.1 billion) offer for water firm  AWG .
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Pancake restaurant IHOP Corp.  plans to buy Applebee's International Inc.  for $25.50 per share, the companies said on Monday.
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I.B.M. plans to invest $250 million over the next five years and employ 1,000 people in a new business unit to support products and services related to sensor networks.
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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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IHOP Corp. , which operates a chain of pancake restaurants, plans to buy Applebee's International Inc.  for $25.50 per share in cash, the companies said on Monday.
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Children&#39;s Place Retail Stores Inc. (PLCE.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it will buy 313 retail stores from Walt Disney Co.
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Applebee&#39;s International Inc. said Thursday it expects annual earnings per share to grow from 14 percent to 17 percent over the next three to five years beginning in 2005.
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International Business Machines Corp. has reportedly put its personal computer business up for sale in a deal that could fetch as much as $2 billion and close an era for an industry pioneer which long ago shifted its focus to more lucrative segments of the computer business.
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Company sees doubling of units to at least 3,000; predicts 17% earnings rise over next 3 to 5 years. LOS ANGELES  - Restaurant chain Applebee&#39;s International Inc.
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New Jersey-based Cytec Industries is to buy UCB Groupâs Surface Specialties business for $1.5bn (E1.2bn). Completion of the deal will turn Cytec into a $2.
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IHOP Corp.  said on Monday it plans to buy Applebee's International Inc.  for $25.50 per share, as the newly restructured company seeks growth outside its iconic pancake chain.
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Pharmacy-benefits manager Medco  Health Solutions Inc.  said on Tuesday it agreed to buy  PolyMedica Corp.  for $1.2 billion, in a move to expand  its diabetes care services.
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IHOP Corp.  said it plans to buy bar-and-grill chain Applebee's International Inc.  for $25.50 per share to expand beyond its iconic pancake houses, sending IHOP's shares up nearly 12 percent on Monday to an all-time high.
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Premier Foods PLC said Monday it will buy RHM PLC for 1.23 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) in cash and shares to create Britain's biggest food producer.
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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. agreed to buy the Altoids mints and Life Savers brands for $1.48 billion from Kraft Foods Inc., its biggest acquisition ever, to expand its share of the candy market.
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The No. 1 movie-rental chain offers $700 million to buy the Wilsonville-based company - the industry&#39;s No. 2 outlet. DALLAS â-lockbuster Inc.